Saturday, April 19, 2025
Tony Leone and his wife, Marla D’Urso, are turning a former East Rockaway bank building into Strongbox Theater, a new local venue offering affordable theater experiences. The theater’s first event, a short play festival, is set for May 2025.
Jethro Jacquet, a 17-year-old student from East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, earned a gold medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for his captivating digital photograph “Stalker,” capturing attention for its dramatic lighting and creative composition.
Firefighters and community members from across Nassau County gathered at the Malverne Fire Department for the annual Burn Center Benefit, raising funds to support the Nassau University Medical Center’s Burn Center through raffles, auctions, live music, and more.
The Lynbrook softball team began defending its Conference 5 title two weeks ago, albeit with some major changes. The Owls have a new coach in Tom Frawley, a 40-year bench boss who brings plenty …
East Rockaway High School students Thomas Donovan, Adam Kolakowski, and Edison Guilbert won gold at the Long Island Math Fair for their in-depth research on infinity, exploring its mathematical significance, paradoxes, and real-world applications.
On March 26, Lynbrook resident Marisa Faranda reported her husband parked near Lloyd Avenue, and when he opened his car door, another vehicle zoomed past and almost hit him.
Rescuing Families, a Franklin Square-based nonprofit, held a pottery night fundraiser on March 12, during which attendees hand-built and painted their own gnomes to take home.
Three years ago, the district implemented a literacy coaching program to improve reading and writing in students from kindergarten through sixth grade.
Gov. Kathy Hochul approved the nomination for the Lynbrook Public Library’s inclusion on the state and national registers of historic places, making it the only location on Long Island to receive this nomination.
On a trip to Sarasota, Florida, last fall, Alexandria Scanlon, a sophomore at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, stumbled on a house that had been uprooted from its foundation by Hurricane Milton weeks earlier, and had settled into a tilted position.
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Nassau County has enjoyed a lot of success during my time as county executive.
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New York state is on the verge of making a critical mistake — one that could jeopardize the safety of our communities while stripping local governments of their rightful authority to protect their residents.
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New York is one of only four states in the nation with an archaic law that stands in the way of prosecuting drugged drivers.