There’s still time to enjoy what’s left of the season and revel in that fleeting late August glow that Mother Nature provides. Our local parks are just the place to unwind and enjoy this time of year.
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By Karen Bloom
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8/28/13
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On a beautiful sunny day, after the heat wave finally broke, I enjoyed a wonderful trail ride in Hempstead Lake State Park, courtesy of the New York Equestrian Center (NYEC). An activity that is …
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By Amanda McKelvey
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7/31/13
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To kick off the summer months, the Rockville Centre Conservancy sponsored paddling tours around the lake at Hempstead Lake State Park.
Residents were able to come down on June 1 and rent either a …
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6/5/13
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Now’s the time to savor being outdoors and enjoy all that is so special about this time of year. The weekends are full of activities and festivals that celebrate the best of this short season.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/10/12
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The USO Liberty
Bells join Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops for an evening of summer tunes at Eisenhower Park on Saturday. Other weekend highlights include a family fishing clinic at Rockville Centre's Hempstead Lake State Park and a guided walk to check out summer birds at Muttontown Preserve.
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8/1/12
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Spring, which seems to have been teasing us since last December, has finally arrived.
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4/12/12
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Alex Jacobson, owner of Lakewood Stables, brought together more than 100 people last Saturday to clean up Hempstead Lake State Park of the trash and debris that litter it — a result of …
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Lee Landor
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11/23/11
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Degraded rubber tires, dirty plastic bottles, cigarette butts, deteriorating pieces of paper and the occasional deflated basketball litter the ground surrounding Hempstead Lake. They seem so out of …
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Lee Landor
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11/16/11
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The weekends are chock full of activities and festivals that celebrate the best of this short season. You don’t have to go far this weekend to find something for you and the kids to enjoy, besides the pumpkin picking.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/12/11
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It sits on Columbia Avenue in Lakeview, looking quite like a typical, quiet family home, embodying the very concept of suburban living. This, in part, is what made the house a perfect spot into which …
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By Lee Landor
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12/15/10
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