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Rockville Centre's Kevin Stack, left, sampled Press 195 sandwiches from Jaqueline Palma, center, and Chelsea English.

Food, fun and community spirit was again front and center at the 13th annual Taste of Rockville Centre at the St. Agnes Parish Center on Jan. 27. The event, which is sponsored each year by the … more

By Brian Kacharaba | 2/1/17

Jerry Hughes, proprietor of Connolly Station in Malverne, said his bar has been embraced by the community since its beginning.

Cheers to 20 years

It was a week before Connolly Station’s 20th anniversary in Malverne, and owner Jerry Hughes was recounting his favorite bar stories with a visitor. “We did a hairy leg contest on television where we wore kilts with construction boots,” Hughes said of the WPIX-TV contest. “The people in the studio were judging our legs, and I should’ve won,” he added, displaying his very hairy gams as proof. “I think it was a fix.” more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/13/16

Karl Riesterer Jr. with one of the bakery’s famous Hanukkah chocolate houses. The store is already fully stocked and ready for customers looking for holiday desserts.

Small businesses gear up for holiday shoppers

Small Business Saturday, created five years ago to encourage residents’ interest in shopping at local businesses, is set for Nov. 28. Each year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, participating shoppers forgo the malls and big-box stores to patronize the businesses in their own neighborhoods. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 11/25/15

tony danza serves drinks at Connolly’s Station in Malverne on March 14 at a fundraising event for students at the Malverne Middle School.

A familiar face behind the bar

“I’m not bad back here,” Tony Danza said from behind the bar at Connolly Station in Malverne on March 14 as he served up beer, wine and cocktails to the hundreds of patrons who packed the … more

Howard Schwach | 3/22/13

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill in West Hempstead that reduces taxes, including the MTA payroll tax, which will benefit local merchants and schools.

Tax reduction means 'one less expense'

Both the Malverne and West Hempstead school districts will save more than $80,000 thanks to a recently passed tax reduction bill that exempts them from paying the Metropolitan Transportation … more

Lee Landor | 12/21/11

Local business owners fear that a new restaurant in the Tri Color Imaging building would cost them parking spaces and, eventually, customers.

A lot at stake: Parking a major obstacle for new Malverne restaurant

Picture the residential streets surrounding downtown Malverne lined with cars parked bumper to bumper. Imagine traffic overflowing from the parking lots onto Hempstead Avenue and drivers circling the … more

Lee Landor | 11/9/11

Joined by members of the Malverne Merchants and Professional Association and Mayor Patricia McDonald, Connolly Station owner Gerry Hughes was honored with a citation, which he is holding, at the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce event on Oct. 7.

Two from Malverne and W.H. named merchants of the year

Two local business owners were honored this year at the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce’s 27th Annual Small Businessperson of the Year and Legislative Breakfast, which took place at the … more

Lee Landor | 10/12/11

The fundraiser was held for Lenny Llewellyn, right, pictured here with his wife, Kristine and daughter, Kayla.

There were Shamrocks of Hope

Many friends, family members, Lynbrook firefighters and fellow correction officers and co-workers from the sheriff’s office where Lenny Llewellyn, 43, is employed came out to support him … more

Mary Malloy and Clarissa Hamlin | 11/10/10

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