Nassau police reported shots fired at a smoke shop in Elmont on Hempstead Turnpike around 2:22 p.m. on March 18.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/19/24
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When it comes to New York state's Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, you can toss a coin as to whether it is a hiccup or a major bureaucratic headache.
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4/6/23
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This Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, a century-old public health observance created by the National Fire Protection Association . . .
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10/6/22
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Tiffany Capers marched down to the Town of Hempstead’s tax office a year and a half ago, when then Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin had just been elected town supervisor, to show him how vape …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/9/21
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A stationery store behind Elmont Memorial High School closed for renovations last year, only to reopen as a vape shop over the summer, which concerned some local parents.
“I don’t …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/19/19
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People hate to dwell on the idea that their home might catch fire and burn to the ground, but they really should take a minute, or three, to consider the possibility.
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10/25/19
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There I sat on a stool at the end of the lunch counter at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in Patchogue, awaiting word on my grandfather, who had suffered his first or second heart attack of three.
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5/31/19
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The facts about smoking are everywhere, yet many people continue to smoke. Cigarette smoke contains more than 6,000 chemicals, and at least 200 of those chemicals are known to be harmful to your …
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Dr. Alina Bergan, DDS
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9/18/17
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Imagine an infant, a baby girl, who jolts with pain each time she coughs up mucus and blood as she battles bronchitis caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.
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2/16/17
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On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/30/16
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