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Nassau lawmakers approve $25 million settlement for ’07 Oceanside car crash victim’s family
On Oct. 3, the Nassau County legislature’s Rules Committee approved a $25 million legal settlement with the family of an Oceanside woman who was severely injured in a car accident in 2007, when she was 17. more
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The Week Ahead
— Fall Festival The Fall Festival will be held at Kennedy Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be craft vendors, a carousel, a pumpkin patch, a … more
Parade-goers wore festive accessories to celebrate the Irish culture.
Hundreds turn out for Irish Day festival
By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Thousands of people made their way to the West End on Saturday for the 29th annual Saint Brendan the Navigator Irish Heritage Day Parade and Festival. … more
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Off-duty Long Beach lifeguards and local surfers pulled swimmers to safety at Riverside Boulevard beach in May.
Busy weekend for L.B. first responders
By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com It was a busy weekend for first responders after the annual Saint Brendan the Navigator Irish Heritage Day Parade and Festival on Saturday. Long … more
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Gloria and Steve Bryan are seeking to have their home designated a historic landmark. Despite new floors, the interior gives off an old-time vibe.
‘Living in a part of history’: Couple seek to preserve 18th century Rockville Centre home
On Hempstead Avenue sits a home about 150 years older than the incorporated village. The owners want the house to become a historic landmark recognized by the Town of Hempstead. Though you won’t … more
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The Glen Cove City Council presented a heavily stripped-down budget proposal at Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall.
City of Glen Cove to cut camp subsidies and ‘Celebrations’
Some Glen Cove residents voiced concern at Tuesday’s City Council meeting over certain cuts being proposed in a draft budget. Namely, residents were concerned that the budget line for … more
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Angela Green
Sept. 11 hero from Valley Stream struggles with cancer
Angela Green wanted to sleep late on Sept. 11, 2001, her first day off after nearly two weeks in her new job as an officer with the New York City Police Department. But the phone in her Valley Stream apartment rang insistently, forcing her to answer it. more
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In extreme cases, a high tide can cause water to reach the doorway of the Francis Hegarty Elementary School. Issues with flooding throughout Island Park will be handled by a Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded flood mitigation project, which will soon enter its second of three phases.
$5 million awarded for second phase of Island Park drainage project
With the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy ap- proaching, funding was recently announced for Phase 2 of a three-part, $40 million mitigation project in Island Park, which will include an overhaul of the village’s storm drainage system and municipal bulkheads. more
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A developer has proposed the construction of a 400-space parking garage on what is now Parking Field 3 in Lynbrook, and a 200-unit apartment building, dubbed the Cornerstone at Lynbrook, on what is now Parking Field 8.
Lynbrook apartment hearing postponed to Nov. 19
For the second time in a week, a public hearing on a proposal to develop a luxury 200-unit apartment complex and a 400-space parking garage in downtown Lynbrook was postponed, though a community open house is also in the works. more
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Daryl Altman and her husband, Robert Shepard, maintained a honeybee hive in their backyard for more than a year until village officials removed it in June 2017, saying that it violated village code. In response, the couple is suing village officials for $5 million for what they allege is a violation of their rights and property.
Lynbrook officials stung with $5 million bee lawsuit
Sixteen months after their honeybee hive was destroyed, a Lynbrook couple is stinging back against village officials with a $5 million lawsuit. more
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