Developers of a proposed four-story, 35-unit apartment complex on South Franklin Avenue, between the Valley Stream Long Island Rail Road train station and West Hawthorne Avenue, presented …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/21/21
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As I write this, after the mob attack on the Capitol and before this week’s Presidential Inauguration, like many of you, I don’t know what to believe.
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1/21/21
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The village has rescheduled a hearing and vote to rezone a stretch of South Franklin Avenue for Jan. 11. If approved, the measure could pave the way for the construction of a 35-unit, four- and …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/7/21
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Editor's note: The village board of trustees hearing to consider a rezone of properties on South Franklin Avenue, originally set for Dec. 21, has been postponed. The Herald will provide …
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By Peter Belfiore
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12/18/20
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Three-quarters of a year into 2020, let’s all pray that the end of Covid-19 is mercifully within view. Great progress is being made . . .
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9/11/20
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There’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America.
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7/3/20
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The heinous murder of George Floyd by a police officer sworn to uphold the law . . .
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6/19/20
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The Valley Stream Board of Zoning Appeals approved on Oct. 15 two controversial projects in the village: One, for a 17-unit apartment complex slated for the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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10/28/19
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The Valley Stream Board of Zoning Appeals discussed a proposal for a multi-unit apartment complex at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran Place for the second time on Oct. 1. A parking lot now …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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10/10/19
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The Valley Stream Board of Zoning Appeals failed on July 16 to gain a supermajority vote needed to approve an 18-unit apartment complex at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran Place, and overturn a decision by the Nassau County Planning Commission last month rejecting the proposal.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/25/19
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