Lisa Nessler, a MacArthur High School social studies teacher, said that members of her varsity cheerleading team take on many community-service projects annually.
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By Julie Mansmann and Rebecca Anderson
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10/11/16
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Wantagh and Seaford residents — some of whom have raised concerns about foul odors wafting from the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant onto local streets — will soon be able to track the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/29/16
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The Wantagh Preservation Society offered residents a glimpse of the community’s past at their 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/27/16
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An overtime victory by the MacArthur High School varsity football team served as the perfect ending for the annual homecoming celebration on Saturday, Levittown District officials said.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/20/16
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Wantagh pride was in full force on Saturday during the Homecoming parade, football game and festivities.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/20/16
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Ellen Coook, one of the Wantagh Preservation Society’s trustees and program chairwoman, was 26 years old in September of 1966 when the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station was moved to another location in the community. The little red house, built in 1885, was slated for destruction when the Babylon branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century. But thanks to Margaret Aiken — whose civic group, the earliest incarnation of the Preservation Society that was colloquially referred to as Margy and her Steamrollers — the station was donated to the new nonprofit group and moved a few blocks north to 1700 Wantagh Ave.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/20/16
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Six people — including three children — were rescued after two boats collided and they fell into the waters off of Jones Beach on Aug. 24, police said. The Nassau County Police Department’s …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/25/16
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About 75 North Wantagh residents have been experiencing power outages over the past four months due to overgrown trees in the area, according to PSEG Long Island.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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8/10/16
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East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/14/16
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In honor of their 10th anniversary, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association unveiled a new monument dedicated to the region’s youngest volunteers in Eisenhower Park on May 15. A …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/19/16
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