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Neil Monteko replaced his lawn with a garden at his Lincoln Boulevard home.

Green and off the power grid in Long Beach

For the past three years Long Beach resident Neil Monteko has been enjoying the yearly check he receives from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). The checks vary in figure, from $40 to $200, … more

ARIELLA MONTI | 5/20/10

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10

We’re drowning in an ocean of black oil

Yeah! Drill, baby, drill! Let’s suck every last drop of oil from the ocean floor in the waters off the good ol’ U.S. of A., and to heck with the environment and the environmental regulations holding us up from taking what’s ours — oil, beautiful, black oil, the world’s carbon legacy passed down to us by God to power our nation, keep us safe and make us rich. more

Scott Brinton | 5/6/10

South Side High School principal cited for leadership in education

South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris was selected as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). She will be honored for her accomplishments at an awards ceremony on May 7 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. more

4/28/10

MTA approves service cuts

Two local bus routes — the N14 Rockville Centre Loop and the N17 Hempstead to Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road train station— and some trains on the Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon branch — will experience service cuts that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board made official in a March 24 vote. more

Lee Landor | 3/31/10

A home on Waukena Avenue in Oceanside is all too familiar with flooding, especially this season.

Storm soaks Oceanside, Island Park

Heavy rain prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for Nassau County on Monday, March 29, and flood and high surf advisories remained in effect on Tuesday, March 30, although … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 3/30/10

We say audit the MTA

Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing. more

3/26/10

Large police presence kept Rockville Centre from boiling over

"The parade was very orderly, and even the after-parade event at night in our downtown business district was orderly," said Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, who attributed the relative peace last Saturday to a heavy police presence that included 30 officers on foot and what he described as the "good cooperation" his department received from village bar owners. more

Judy Rattner | 3/24/10

Character Counts committee members welcomed author Joseph A. Califano, Jr. as their guest speaker. Califano, third from left, is the author of “How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid.” Pictured from left are co-chairs Michael Hawxhurst and Sheila Dillon; Califano; co-chair Andrea Duncliffe; Kathy Reid, Karen Mertz, Jayne Paskoff, Jane Ceylan and Judith Shenkman.

'How to Raise a Drug-free Kid'

Lynbrook’s Character Counts Committee welcomed guest speaker Joseph A. Califano, Jr., 78, to an open forum on Mar. 2 at the Marion Street Elementary School to speak about his book “How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid.” The event attracted more than 200 concerns parents, educators and residents. more

Mary Malloy | 3/24/10

‘Green’ lights ahead for Nassau County

County Executive Ed Mangano’s aides, in sharp business suits, suddenly appeared out of side doors, carrying folding stands, maps and charts, which they hurriedly set up in the center of the Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building’s ornate press room. Then came the big yellow stoplight. more

Scott Brinton | 3/18/10

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