Q: I work for a mid-sized company in Nassau County and was sent home early twice in the past few weeks due to the terrible weather. While my office officially closed and we were told to …
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By Max Sicherman
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2/17/15
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Comedy live in Woodmere for EMUNAH
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EMUNAH, the largest women’s religious Zionist organization, hosted its fifth annual comedy event at the Backstage Nite Club in Woodmere last Saturday. Comics Aaron Friedman and headliner Joel Chasnoff performed and a buffet dinner was served.
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2/11/15
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The New York Rising Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funding approved a $500,000 request from the Town of Hempstead that will be used to purchase two generators for the Meadowmere Park Fire Department.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/11/15
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Q: I own a small business and recently read about a bill Governor Cuomo signed into law eliminating the requirement for me to notify my employees about their rate of pay, allowances, pay day, …
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By Max Sicherman
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2/6/15
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Comics perform for a school cause
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Laughter was in the house at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club in Lawrence last Saturday when the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund held its night of comedy.
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2/4/15
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Craig Hodges hoops it up at HAFTR
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Three-time NBA champion Craig Hodges, who also won the league’s three-point shooting contest at the All-Star game — 1990, ’91 and ’92 — visited the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway last Sunday.
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2/4/15
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Q: I am hearing more and more about the measles epidemic. Can my school district lawfully require that my child be vaccinated, and if I establish that my child is exempt …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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2/3/15
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Making music at Lawrence High School
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Lawrence High School’s Christina Mazzitelli Academy of Fine and Performing Arts held its annual winter concert with the band, chorus and orchestra playing a variety of musical selections in the school’s auditorium on Jan. 22.
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1/28/15
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Snow day in the Five Towns
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After more than 13 inches of snow fell in the Five Towns, according to the National Weather Service, residents to took clearing their driveways and streets.
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1/27/15
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Q: I understand that Nassau County determines taxes in some part by lot size and structural square footage, but is there a standard calculation? I'm in the process of …
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By Richard G. Fromewick
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1/26/15
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