Ellen Coook, one of the Wantagh Preservation Society’s trustees and program chairwoman, was 26 years old in September of 1966 when the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station was moved to another location in the community. The little red house, built in 1885, was slated for destruction when the Babylon branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century. But thanks to Margaret Aiken — whose civic group, the earliest incarnation of the Preservation Society that was colloquially referred to as Margy and her Steamrollers — the station was donated to the new nonprofit group and moved a few blocks north to 1700 Wantagh Ave. more

To most of the world, pyramids are synonymous with ancient Egypt, but to fitness buffs it’s the favored form of resistance training. The name may be foreign to some, but pyramid training has … more

“This time, it’s Wantagh’s turn,” Long Island Rail Road President Patrick Nowakowski said last week, as construction was about to get under way on the Wantagh train station. Officials gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday at the former Triangle Park to signal the beginning of a project that has been years in the making. more

With construction expected to soon begin on Wantagh’s Long Island Rail Road station, local business owners are bracing for impact. more

March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . . more

Service is suspended on the Long Beach, Far Rockaway, West Hempstead and Babylon branches. more

A disabled train in Valley Stream has shut down train service for the entire South Shore of Nassau County. According to the Long Island Rail Road, service on the Babylon, Long Beach, Far Rockaway … more

An estimated 700 people came out for the Wantagh Preservation Society’s annual holiday open house last Sunday afternoon. The line to see Santa stretched from the train car where he was stationed back to Wantagh Avenue. more

Did you know that it takes 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter? Or that people actually suffer from arachibutyrophobia? more

In May, President Obama signed an executive order to demilitarize the police, banning the Pentagon from issuing surplus military hardware — including rifles, grenade launchers and armored vehicles — to police departments nationwide. His decision was a response to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a police officer the previous August. more