Freeport firefighter Kenny Madera moved the hot dogs to the cool side of the grill once they were nicely browned and covered in grill marks on Aug. 7, during the 35th anniversary of National Night …
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By Nadya Nataly
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8/13/18
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For the last 20 years, Freeport residents and people from neighboring communities have welcomed the arrival of midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. for the traditional annual …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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7/26/18
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Village of Valley Stream trustees voted on July 16 to join Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy’s lawsuit alleging that the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County do not provide villages with a fair share of state sales tax reimbursements.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/26/18
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Tens of millions of dollars in state sales taxes are generated in Nassau County’s 64 villages each year. The state keeps part of the money, and sends part of it . . .
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7/12/18
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It’s been a two-year tug of war between Assemblyman Brian Curran, a Republican from Lynbrook and Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper, a Democrat from Hempstead, for whom should keep the vacant Armory …
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By Nadya Nataly
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7/12/18
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It was a small ceremony, but there was a full house at the Woodward Children’s Center gymnasium on June 27. Graduates filled the front row, while their family members sat behind them cheering and …
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By Nadya Nataly
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7/6/18
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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy said he hoped to avoid suing the county and town in his fight to have the village receive its “fair share” of sales tax revenue.
“My intent was, in filing the …
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By Anthony O’Reilly
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7/6/18
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Marisa Papania awoke at 10 a.m. on the Monday of February break. Rather than go back to sleep, the John F. Kennedy High School senior decided to check her email — it was college acceptance season, after all.
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By Jen Cooper
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7/6/18
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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy filed a $2.5 million notice of claim on June 1 against the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County to win back what he calls a “fair share” of state sales-tax reimbursements for the village, but he has not yet received a response and is mulling legal action.
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By Melissa Koenig, Nadya Nataly and Anthony O'Reilly
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7/5/18
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The John F. Kennedy High School Class of 2018 looked to the future, while memorializing the past, at the June 24 commencement ceremony at NYCB Theatre in Westbury.
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6/28/18
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