On a warm, sunlit evening last week, a seemingly endless line of cars flowed through the stretch of downtown businesses between East Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway known as Rockaway Avenue. …
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By Juan Lasso
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4/2/23
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Essentially calling the opening of Grand Central Madison in New York's Upper East Side an ongoing process. Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday to not only add Long Island Rail Road trains to Brooklyn during peak hours, but also to lengthen cars on a number of trains that exceeded capacity over the last week.
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STAFF REPORT
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3/5/23
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Daniel Russo, a Cedarhurst resident who was a pharmacist in Far Rockaway, pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 17 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, and nine counts of filing false personal and corporate tax returns.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/17/23
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The aprons were hung up for the last time at Lawrence Diner on 267 Burnside Ave. as the longtime Five Towns fixture closed its doors on Nov. 6.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/23/22
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Far Rockaway High School alumnus and Woodmere resident Josephine Fusco died on Oct. 21, from kidney disease. She was 88.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/10/22
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A retail storefront along Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream sits empty for now, but come November, the building will once again open its doors within the village’s business district. But not as …
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By Juan Lasso
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8/25/22
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The body of a person found floating in Broad Channel near Lawrence at 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 9, was identified as Far Rockaway resident Berman Gutierrez, Nassau County police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/10/22
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A tall obelisk rises from the heart of Rockville Cemetery, the Lynbrook burial ground that dates back to the earliest days of our nation. It remembers the 139 souls lost . . .
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By Michael Hinman
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8/4/22
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Yeshiva Kol Torah on Bayswater Boulevard in Inwood celebrated its first year serving the Five Towns and Far Rockaway.
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By Brian Pfail
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7/21/22
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The 11-year-old boys Lynbrook East Rockaway baseball team won the District 30 Championship. Now, the team has advanced into the sectional playoffs.
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Brian Pfail
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7/14/22
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