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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin, at lectern, and other town officials on Monday announced an initiative to help reimburse local school districts that have incurred unbudgeted expenses during the coronavirus pandemic. The $5.5 million, made possible by funding through the federal CARES Act, will provide $150,000 to each of the town’s 36 school districts and Nassau BOCES.

Hempstead Town earmarks $5.5M in CARES funds for schools

Town of Hempstead officials on Monday announced that each of the 36 school districts within the town and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services would receive a $150,000 grant to help pay for … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/22/20

Island Harvest President and CEO Randi Shubin Dresner spoke about food insecurity with town officials at a food distribution event last Friday.

Island Harvest to distribute food to those in need

Hempstead Town officials handed out hundreds of boxes of food to Elmont residents in need last Friday, and announced a new program with Island Harvest to ensure that nobody within the town goes … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/15/20

at a news conference with elected officials on Dec. 10, Deborah Salant spoke about how she donated two cemetery plots to families of Covid victims.

Franklin Square woman transfers burial rights to Covid victims

When Deborah Salant heard that victims of the coronavirus pandemic were being stored in refrigerated trucks in New York City, she knew she wanted to donate her family’s two burial plots at … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/15/20

Parents are worried about unsafe driving near Hewitt Elementary School, which makes it difficult for them to cross Hempstead Avenue with their children.

Parents, officials call on county to study traffic near Hewitt Elementary

Residents are calling on Nassau County to conduct a traffic survey of Hempstead Avenue, near Hewitt Elementary School, because of the dangerous driving in the area during drop-off and pickup times. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 10/22/20

Town of Hempstead Supervisor in front of one of the animatronic dinosaurs that are part of the "Jurassic Quest" show.

Hempstead Town extends 'Jurassic Quest' run through Oct. 18

By popular demand, Long Island’s only drive-through dinosaur exhibit, “Jurassic Quest,” has extended its stay at Town Park Point Lookout and will now host shows through Oct. … more

10/9/20

This image of feral kittens was part of an online petition begun by Renee Kraft, a Hempstead resident and animal advocate, calling on the Town of Hempstead Board to reinstate its trap-neuter-return program at the town’s animal shelter in Wantagh.

Hempstead Town outsources trap-neuter-return program

Diane Madden, an animal advocate from East Meadow and co-founder of Hope for Hempstead Shelter, brought a gray and black kitten to the Sept. 22 Town of Hempstead Board meeting to show council members … more

By Damali Ramirez | 10/8/20

The Town of Hempstead incinerates its garbage at the Covanta waste-to-energy plant in Westbury. The ash is then sent to the Town of Brookhaven landfill in Suffolk County. That landfill is expected to close in 2024, which will force Hempstead to find another landfill to dispose of ash, potentially increasing costs and the fees that contractors and landscapers must pay to dispose of their waste.

Hempstead Town raises fine for illegal dumping to $10K

The Town of Hempstead Board voted at a Sept. 8 virtual meeting to increase the fine for illegal dumping in the town from $1,500 to $10,00 per incident. Town Supervisor Donald Clavin said the board … more

By Damali Ramirez | 9/24/20

Phil Alvarez, brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead's annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Brother of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez stirs crowd at Town of Hempstead memorial

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and also to salute the thousands . . . more

By James Bernstein | 9/11/20

Town of Hempstead launches mobile Covid-19 testing initiative

Town of Hempstead officials, along with members of Northwell Health, announced Friday the launch of Covid-19 mobile testing locations. The initiative is intended to provide increased testing to … more

8/21/20

The big ribbon cutting served to celebrate reopening of businesses in the village, although at the time, gyms and bowling alleys could not yet reopen. Bowling alleys are now open.

Chamber, village officials: Rockville Centre is open for business

The Village of Rockville Centre’s downtown shopping and dining district is officially reopen for business — that’s the message that store owners and village and town officials gave last week at a large ribbon cutting on the Village Green. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 8/18/20

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