Superintendents and administrators from across Nassau County — including from Lynbrook and East Rockaway — gathered at the Levittown Memorial Education Center on Jan. 8 for the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents’ Emerging Technology Symposium.
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1/17/18
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It’s hard to believe that we’ve observed the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Unlike previous superstorms, the damage caused by Sandy is still . . .
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11/9/17
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The Long Beach Martin Luther King Center has upgraded its energy system so it can provide light, heat and electricity to residents during future storms and emergencies.
The $130,000 project was …
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By Bridget Downes
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11/2/17
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For the past seven months, the Village of Freeport has been building a new emergency management center in preparation for the next big storm the likes of Hurricane Sandy, or any other disaster that …
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By Nadya Nataly
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11/2/17
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It has been a long and winding road for the Seaford School District in constructing an emergency access route at Harbor Elementary School.
After decades of back-and-forth negotiations, and …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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10/31/17
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One of the region’s largest medical centers is getting bigger this month: South Nassau Communities Hospital opened a 10-bed addition to its Oceanside campus’ Emergency Department last week, …
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By Peter Belfiore
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10/13/17
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Freeport on Monday to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for 10 years. Gillibrand’s …
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/6/17
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As the sun set and the stars appeared in the sky, hundreds of doctors, nurses, elected officials and businesspeople gathered at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury for a cause vital to the …
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By Peter Belfiore
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9/21/17
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Having a plan and being prepared for natural disasters such as hurricanes, manmade disasters like train derailments, technology and cyber attacks, and active shooter situations were all part of a nearly two-hour presentation by two members of New York State’s Citizen Preparedness Corps, a unit of the state National Guard established in 2014.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/14/17
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Five years ago, Peninsula Hospital closed, making St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, in Far Rockaway, the only large health care facility on the Rockaway Peninsula.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/13/17
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