An engineer has completed a draft study on the feasibility of a public takeover of Long Island American Water, the water utility company that services the area, but the public has yet to see the document. more

The older adults participating in the Town of Hempstead’s Senior Writing Workshop presented their original works recently at the Merrick Theater and Center for the Arts. more

It played out like a scene from NBC’s “Seinfeld.” Jerry Seinfeld was sitting in a diner one afternoon, eating lunch, sipping coffee, chatting about quirky, mundane topics with a friend, offering deadpan observations. more

Michelle Hauser, 17, recalls driving through the Superstorm Sandy–ravaged sections of her hometown of Oceanside 19 months ago. She explained that she remembers asking her father why construction workers from California and Arkansas were repairing utility poles in the neighborhood, but he didn’t know the answer. more

With less than two weeks to go before a potentially crippling Long Island Rail Road strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and eight LIRR unions were set to return to the bargaining table once again this week to discuss contract negotiations. The National Mediation Board, a three-member, quasi-governmental agency, scheduled a meeting between the MTA and union officials on Tuesday in Manhattan. more

Almost 13 years have passed, but the memory of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, remains in local residents’ hearts. That was how Seaford native Joseph Zubel described the 2014 Patriot Award … more

Wantagh High School senior Kayla Knight was named Miss Wantagh 2014 at the close of the Fourth of July parade last Friday at Wantagh Elementary School. “I am extremely honored that the judges … more

To salute the veterans and active service personnel in honor of Independence Day, Hempstead Town will waive parks’ admission fees on the July 4th weekend for active military personnel and … more

The officer who saved a 16-year-old boy who threatened to jump off a Wantagh Parkway overpass on June 4 is retiring. Angela Amato of the Nassau County Police Department’s 7th Precinct rushed … more

Victoria Wehr, 18, will graduate this weekend from Wantagh High School, and she finds it troublesome that Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest members of the infamous Kardashian family, are … more