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Friends of Levy Preserve group to meet on June 26

The Friends of the Levy Preserve Committee will host a one-hour tour of the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick on Thursday, June 26, at 6:30 p.m. Meet in the parking lot. Mike McConnell, Hempstead’s deputy parks commissioner, will answer questions. more

6/25/14

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at microphone, stopped at the Bellmore train station on Tuesday and criticized an MTA/LIRR plan to bus commuters into New York City in the event of an LIRR strike in July. She was joined here by Councilwoman Angie Cullin, lower left, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, Councilman Gary Hudes, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman James Darcy.

Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray lambastes LIRR

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/25/14

The Western Bays provide many recreational opportunities such as kayaking, but scientists say that fertilizer runoff and partially treated sewage effluent threaten the health of the bays. Above, a wetland canal at Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick.

The Western Bays, an ecosystem suffering from all sides

Superstorm Sandy will be remembered as one of Nassau County’s most demoralizing calamities: the miles of rubble that choked the expanses where houses had stood in dignified symmetry, the thousands of Long Islanders living in limbo, forced to use their savings to stay afloat. People weren’t the only ones affected by the storm, though. Sandy devastated wildlife throughout Nassau’s Western Bays, which scientists had already considered to be fragile ecosystems –– many on the brink of collapse –– long before the storm. more

By Stapha Charleme | 6/20/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

Dean Karahalis, conductor and musical director, brings his Nassau Pops to Eisenhower Park's Lakeside Theatre on Saturday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... AftermodernisM Spring 2014This exhibition illustrates a broad range of styles spanning non-objective abstraction. Featured artists include Michael Bevilacqua, James Busby and … more

6/18/14

Jay Black continues to delight his fans.

Jay Black visits Eisenhower Park on Friday

Eisenhower Park welcomes back Jay Black as part of its summer concert series. more

6/18/14

Much Ado About Nothing

To a New Yorker, one of the harbingers of summer is Shakespeare in the Park, now celebrating more than 50 years of free theater. For its first of two plays this summer, The Public Theatre is … more

6/17/14

Wanda Sykes appears at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Saturday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... AftermodernisM Spring 2014This exhibition illustrates a broad range of styles spanning non-objective abstraction. Featured artists include Michael Bevilacqua, James Busby and … more

6/11/14

Mike Majikas, of North Merrick, held up a sunfish that Samira Sandoval caught at the Memorare Fishing Club’s “fish-a-thon” last Friday at the Rev. Arthur Mackey Park in Roosevelt. The club held the event for students at the United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau school in Roosevelt.

Fun and fishing at Rev. Mackey Park

Seven-year-old Javier Reyes felt a sudden tug on his line last Friday morning. Mike Majikas, of North Merrick, who stood nearby, bent down to Javier’s level and instructed him to “reel it … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/11/14

Joel Rosario rode Tonalist to victory in the 146th Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Triple Crown-hopeful California Chrome finished in a dead-heat for fourth before a crowd of 102,199.

No crown for California Chrome

With 102,199 euphoric fans hoping to see California Chrome end a 36-year Triple Crown drought, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was in striking distance of the leaders turning for home in last Saturday’s 146th running of the Belmont Stakes. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 6/7/14