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You don’t have to be facing a storm with the intensity of Sandy to see the effects of Mother Nature’s temper. The tempest on Aug. 11 uprooted a tree at this Grand Avenue house in … more

8/20/15

THIS OVERGROWN LOT overlooks its neighbor, the Baldwin Bowl & Lounge, at 2407 Grand Ave. Planners hope to find a developer to revitalize the blighted property, one of many rundown sites in the area.

Grand Ave. improvement plan moving forward

The Town of Hempstead will slightly modify its procedure for finding a developer for the blighted property at the corner of Grand Avenue and Merrick Road. The town will issue a request for … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 8/20/15

Community stakeholders recently gathered to discuss the future of the site at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue, while Town of Hempstead officials are considering putting out a fourth request for proposal, with the hope of attracting a developer.

Downtown plan: wait and see

It has been eight months since the Town of Hempstead broke off negotiations with the most recent potential developer of the property at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue. more

By Brian Croce | 7/22/15

Inductees of the Grand Avenue Middle School Junior National Honor Society raised their hands to take the organization’s oath during a recent ceremony.

Middle schools induct honor society members

More than 300 eighth-graders were recently inducted into the Junior National Honor Society at Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools. more

6/17/15

Let's start over with Common Core

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . . more

4/30/15

A man was killed Sunday morning after his car struck a utility pole and this unoccupied building at the corner of Grand Avenue and Kings Parkway.

Fatal single-car accident on Grand Avenue

While traveling on southbound Grand Avenue early Sunday morning, a man died in a single car accident after striking a utility pole and crashing into an unoccupied building, causing his vehicle to … more

4/12/15

A car crashed into Second Baptist Church at 4:25 a.m. on Sunday.

Driver arrested after fleeing scene of Baldwin church crash

The driver of a vehicle that slammed into Second Baptist Church in Baldwin early Sunday morning fled the scene, police said. The investigation is ongoing. At 4:25 a.m., a 2008 Inifiti G35 … more

By Brian Croce | 3/8/15

About 80 Baldwin residents attended a public information and input meeting on Feb. 24 at Baldwin High School, where Nassau County Department of Public Works employees and representatives from the LiRo Group discussed traffic on Grand Avenue and asked for recommendations on making it safer.

A Grand traffic undertaking

Although it’s not a new proposition, the effort to make Grand Avenue a safer roadway for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists took a step in the right direction last week. Roughly 80 Baldwin … more

By Brian Croce | 3/4/15

Grand Avenue is the subject of a Nassau County Complete Streets Traffic Study. A public outreach meeting on the subject is scheduled for Feb. 24, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Baldwin High School.

Talking traffic

If you’ve ever driven, walked, biked or ridden a bus on Grand Avenue, chances are you’ve experienced heavy traffic, hairy left turns, tough parallel parking or high-stress intersection crossings. more

By Brian Croce | 2/18/15

The property at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue hasn’t seen much action in years. The Town of Hempstead recently terminated the services of the company tasked most recently with redeveloping the site.

Re-evaluating a blighted site

The property at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue has had a few promising chances to be transformed in recent years by developers looking to remake it. Each time, a meaningful development has failed to come to fruition. Now the Town of Hempstead and Baldwin have gone back to the drawing board. more

By Brian Croce | 1/21/15

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