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Fair Long Island Jewish Valley Stream develops protocols for new strain of coronavirus
Nearly 100 people died from a new strain of the coronavirus on Feb. 11, marking the deadliest day of the outbreak that began last month. It had already killed more than 1,000 people worldwide.
Franklin Square Kiwanis Club paints for a cause
About 30 Franklin Square residents spent nearly three hours painting pictures for St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital in Bayside, Queens on Feb. 6, at the Kiwanis Club of Franklin …
Police investigating robberies in Franklin Square, Hempstead
Nassau County police are investigating a series of robberies in Franklin Square that occurred on Feb. 6 beginning at 2:48 a.m. According to detectives, two black male suspects, each wearing …
Yonkers man arrested for trying to scam elderly Franklin Square man
A Yonkers man was recently arrested for trying to scam an elderly Franklin Square man. According to Nassau County police, Hanlet Cabrera, 41, of Yonkers, allegedly called an 87-year-old male …
Franklin Square, W. Hempstead officials discuss water quality issues
There was a low hum in the Franklin Square Water District’s air-stripper facility on Schroeter Avenue on Jan. 30, as machines removed the volatile organic compounds from water before it reached …
Clara H. Carlson teacher delivers daughter on Northern State
Sergio Giusto was rushing down the Northern State Parkway on Feb. 13 to get his pregnant wife, Jennie, to North Shore University Hospital, but as soon as they neared the exit for the Long Island Expressway, it was already too late — the baby was on her way out.
Elmonter sent home from ‘The Biggest Loser’
Domenico Brugellis will not be this season’s “Biggest Loser,” as he was sent home in the episode that aired on the USA Network on Feb. 11. Brugellis, a lifelong Elmonter, joined …
Franklin Square community tries to help Oceanside family recover
Elmont-native Gino Cali was reunited with his daughter, Gia, on Jan. 27 after not seeing her for three years. There was just one problem — Cali, who is now living in Oceanside, did not have …
Franklin Square children make it snow
Children in grades three through six had the opportunity to build their own snow globes at the Franklin Square Public Library on Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. They designed the interior with colored pencils, and …
LIJ Valley Stream remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
Fifty years ago, a cook at North Shore University Hospital, told his supervisor that if the administration wasn’t planning to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, …
The Week Ahead
Feb. 20 - 27
Go whaling Children in first- through sixth-grade can learn how African Americans contributed to the whaling industry and create their own wooden ship and “ditty” bag at the Elmont …