The Oceanside Sanitation District 7 Board of Commissioners voted to explore the possibility of filing a defamation lawsuit against certain Facebook pages at its Oct. 1 meeting. The vote was 4-1, …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/7/15
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Sewanhaka Central High School District has launched a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sewanhaka-Central-High-School-District/1621468398125144.
The Facebook page offers the district …
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8/20/15
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Q: Are my child's private Facebook postings truly confidential?
A: Maybe not. It has long been the law that schools can look at and use social media postings done outside …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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7/22/15
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First Squad detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred in Freeport on Saturday, June 27, at 5:20 p.m.
According to detectives, a male victim, 21, after responding to an advertisement on …
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7/2/15
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The longest resident at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter has been getting a lot of attention lately. This, however, is not the kind of attention a dog would expect to get in a home with a family. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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6/24/15
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Jodi Turk-Goldberg’s kitchen was buzzing bright and early on April 30, as more than 50 women from the neighborhood gathered in her south Merrick home by 8 a.m. They snapped photos and chatted …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/18/15
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Oceanside Community Service has gone to Facebook to help keep the shelves stocked at local food pantries. The group recently launched the Pantry Partner program to extend the important work it does through food drives in schools and around town.
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10/8/14
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The people of Oceanside want a dog park—at least that’s what they say on Facebook. The “Oceanside NY – Dog Park” Facebook group is campaigning for a dog park in Oceanside—preferably one in Oceanside Park.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/1/14
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The first day of school at Grand Avenue Middle School was recently commemorated in Washington, D.C. That’s because members of the Bellmore Moms Group, a community organization started onon Facebook, arranged for a flag to be flown over the Capitol in honor of the school. BMG administrators...
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/17/14
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Well, summer is finally here. We suffered through a very nasty winter, so the months ahead of us should be relaxing and soothing.
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7/9/14
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