The Nassau County Robbery Squad arrested John Brooks, 58, of Springfield Gardens, in connection with a series of bank robberies that started in October of 2009. One of those banks was the Bethpage Federal Credit Union located at 613 Sunrise Highway, Lynbrook, which was held up on Dec. 16, 2009. more

Dan Peck was born into a family of leaders. The 26-year-old Lynbrook resident has two older brothers who served in the armed forces, and, while in high school, Peck said, he led various service organizations. So for him it felt only natural to join the Army in 2001 and eventually lead an Army artillery unit in Salah ad Din, a northern province of Iraq. more

The Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook sponsored four winter tea events. The first one was a Chocolate Valentine’s Day tea. It was followed by a Palm Beach Tea, a Gone With The Wind Tea and this year’s Very Berry Tea. The tea is a fund raiser to help offset costs of our history programs. Mary Colway, Board of Trustee member, who coordinates the tea said that the teas are held in the winter to not only raise funds but to raise “fun times in the shivery days of wintry weather.” more

“No one can do anything lasting for Long Island who has not lived there, who does not know and love its geology, topography, its waters and its people, who is unacquainted with its history as … more

On Feb. 4, the Haiti Relief Fund, headquartered in Lynbrook and run by Island Park resident Carlo Thertus, sent off a 40-foot shipping container loaded with do more

Traffic was thankfully light on Wednesday morning when a water main broke near Ocean Avenue and Merrick Road in Lynbrook. At about 8:30 a.m., Long Island American Water saw a pressure drop in area. They sent a crew to the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue and found a leak in a 20-inch main, located under the street. "We investigated the leak and we were able to isolate the main," said William Varley, president of Long Island American Water. "Right now it's isolated and we can operate it like that." Only three people lost service, and they were given temporary service . It took about an hour to repair, "The inclement weather hindered us a bit, but our crews have experience doing this," Varley said. America Water had one large crew there. Varley said that they will come back at a later date and replace that section of the main. He could only speculate why it leaked, "Until a further investigation is done, it would only be speculation." The crews were out there from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. rerouting traffic away from the area. It's a temporary restoration, Varley said, and they will come back to replace the entire section within upcoming weeks. more

Thursday was dig-out day throughout the South Shore after a near-blizzard smacked the area from late Tuesday through early Thursday morning. Almost a foot and a half of heavy, wet snow pressed down on roofs, cars, streets and parks, closing schools for most students and bringing shoveling chores to most adults. Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey has announced that for the thirty one hour period from 12:01 a.m. Feb. 10, through 7 a.m. Feb. 11, there were 190 auto accidents in the Nassau County. Of those, 34 resulted in injuries. more

After knocking on the door for quite some time, Lynbrook’s boys’ basketball team finally kicked it down—twice. more

A rake, a raconteur and a Renaissance man, John (“Jack”) Patrick Gordon, 84, a longtime resident of Lynbrook and native of Richmond Hill, Queens, died on Jan. 26. more

Lynbrook High School students Erica and Matthew DeMichiel collected over 120 new children’s books at multiple sites in Lynbrook and East Rockaway on behalf of First Book-Long Island, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing new books to children from low-income households in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The group’s mission is to instill a love of reading in youngsters who would not otherwise have access to books in their homes. more