Blizzard hits Long Island
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The first blizzard of the season dumped more than a foot of snow in our area Saturday night to Sunday morning, with high winds and heavy, drifting snow accumulating over night.
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Mary Malloy
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12/20/09
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Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District will soon welcome a new lawmaker. On Jan. 1, Democrat Robert Troiano of Westbury will begin his first term as the district’s legislator, marking new leadership for the 2nd L.D. since the Legislature’s inception in 1995
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Dana Williams
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12/9/09
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Outgoing County Executive Tom Suozzi began the process of handing over power to his successor, Ed Mangano, last week, a transfer that both say should happen as smoothly as possible.
When the …
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Mike Russo and Matt Hampton
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12/9/09
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Villages celebrate the season
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The villages of East Rockaway and Lynbrook celebrated the arrival of the holidays with winter festivals on the same evening. There was plenty of fun, music and entertainment, with sleigh rides and great …
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Mary Malloy
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12/8/09
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A West Hempstead man was arrested on Nov. 24 after trying to rob a man with an imitation gun at the Courtesy Hotel on Hempstead Avenue, police said.
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Dana Williams
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12/2/09
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West Hempstead High School student and hoop-star Jamel Flash recently signed a letter of intent to play Division I basketball next year at Towson University in Maryland. Flash, a 6-11 center for the Rams boys' varsity squad, received a full-scholarship from the university. Towson competes in the Colonial Athletic Association.
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12/2/09
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As West Hempstead residents wait for real-estate firm Trammell Crow Residential's Alexan at West Hempstead Station apartment complex to replace the crime-ridden Courtesy Hotel on Hempstead Avenue, local elected officials and leaders continue to recognize the project as one that will help Long Island re-invent itself.
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Dana Williams
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11/25/09
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A federal judge last Friday postponed Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin’s tax evasion trial until Feb. 8. The trial, originally set to begin on Oct. 19, had been rescheduled to Nov. 30.
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11/25/09
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Nassau County officials say they will soon be a step closer to beginning a rehabilitation project at Hall’s Pond Park in West Hempstead.
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Dana Williams
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11/24/09
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Slowly but steadily, paper ballots are being counted in an effort to determine who will serve as Nassau County executive next year. As of Wednesday night, incumbent Tom Suozzi trailed his Republican challenger, Ed Mangano, by 219 votes.
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Andrew Hackmack
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11/19/09
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