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Brooklyn man arrested in Elmont traffic stop

A Brooklyn man was arrested for allegedly driving without a license plate and marijuana possession on Jan. 14 at 10:45 p.m. in Elmont. According to Nassau County police, detectives saw a 2012 BMW … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/15/21

No swearing-in for Long Beach police commissioner

Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters. Instead, … more

By James Bernstein | 1/14/21

Solages tapped for deputy majority leader

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages was appointed deputy majority leader for the New York State Assembly on Jan. 8. As part of the role, she will be responsible for aiding Majority Leader Crystal … more

1/14/21

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is quarantining after a recent exposure to a person with Covid-19.

County executive quarantining after Covid-19 exposure

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran must quarantine for 10 days because of a recent exposure to a person who had tested positive for Covid-19. Curran's press office reported Thursday that the … more

1/14/21

Nassau County officials presented Elmont residents with a $25,000 check for the creation of an Elmont Police Activity League in November.

PAL program begins in Elmont

When Elmont students were producing a video advocating more police presence at community events last November, several residents were already working with Nassau County police officials to increase … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/14/21

Riley and Hailey Loughlin, 10 and 4, hand out toiletries, cleaning supplies and nonperishable food at their family’s Sharing Table on Poppy Street every weekend.

Franklin Square Sharing Tables provide residents with necessities

After Mary Kate Tischler, of Seaford, saw an article in a magazine about ways to help community members during the coronavirus pandemic, she decided to buy canned goods, other non-perishable food … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/14/21

Franklin Square school district switches to remote learning, Elmont and Sewanhaka schools closed

All schools in the Franklin Square school district, as well as the Gotham Avenue School in the Elmont Union Free School District, will remain closed until Jan. 19, as the number of coronavirus cases … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/13/21

Pamela Greenfield, a longtime bus driver and transportation director for the Franklin Square Union Free School District, died of the coronavirus on Jan. 9.

Franklin Square bus driver, transportation director dies of Covid

A longtime bus driver ad transportation director for the Franklin Square school district died from complications of the coronavirus on Jan. 9, Superintendent Jared Bloom told community members that … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/12/21

Elmont High School senior Christopher Alexander made frequent trips to the laboratory at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan between July 2019 and September 2020 to study the effects of avian paramyxovirus serotype 4 on cancer cells. For his work, he was named a semifinalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Elmont senior named Regeneron STS semifinalist

Science research teacher Michelle Flannery tried to dissuade Christopher Alexander from studying potential cancer treatments since he was a freshman at Elmont Memorial High School, but Alexander kept … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/12/21

The Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead will host a contactless food drive on Jan. 16.

Hempstead's Mary Brennan INN hosting curbside food drive Jan. 16

The Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead will host its next no-contact curbside food drive to collect the most needed items for guests of the soup kitchen. Call (516) 732-6009 with … more

1/11/21

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