U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Seaford, has attended every presidential inauguration since Richard Nixon was sworn in for his second term in 1973. But this week, King said that he expected …
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By Julie Mansmann and Rebecca Anderson
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1/17/17
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A box-truck driver died in a blaze after he crashed into a guardrail on Sunrise Highway and parked cars at the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station on Jan. 13, according to the Nassau County Police …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/17/17
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The MacArthur girls’ basketball team won the second annual Kim Klein Memorial Tournament last month, which was held at the Levittown school on Dec. 8 and 10. The event honors the memory of Klein, who died in 2015 after battling breast cancer.
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By Julie Mansmann and Rebecca Anderson
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1/13/17
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After phony utility workers scammed Wantagh and Seaford homeowners, Hempstead Town leaders and New York American Water officials called for residents to watch out for fake water department employees and offered local folks safety tips.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/13/17
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While patrolling the Wantagh Parkway on Jan. 5, New York State Trooper Michael Kraus spotted a column of black smoke coming from the neighborhood. The source was a home on Waterbury Drive, which Wantagh Fire Department officials said was badly damaged by a large fire.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/10/17
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Levittown School District students and residents became holiday elves at the culminating event for the Adopt-A-Family program on Dec. 12, wrapping hundreds of presents for local families in need.
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By Julie Mansmann and Rebecca Anderson
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12/20/16
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As an active member of the Seaford Harbor Elementary School PTA, Melanie Schnaier, of Wantagh, advocated for the construction of an emergency access road to the grounds for years. After all, she explained, she “lived that emergency” while trying to pick up her daughter, Rachel, from a Girl Scout program held in the building.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/20/16
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The Wantagh Preservation Society and Chamber of Commerce invited residents to board their organizations’ own version of the Polar Express on Dec. 11.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/20/16
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More than 200 athletes from across Long Island and New York City participated in one of Wantagh’s biggest holiday traditions: the Snowball Run.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/20/16
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Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown and East Meadow residents will be stuffing their Christmas stockings with gifts that they purchased at the St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church Advent Craft Fair on Nov. 26.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/13/16
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