West Hempstead Public Library Director Regina Mascia was a clerk at the library’s old location located on Chestnut Street at the time of the September. 11 . attacks. She recalls receiving a phone call from a person she knew about the attacks. She was on the internet to understand what was going on. “I could not […]
Concerns about altering the height and weight requirements have been raised frequently to Sgt. Major. from the Army Michael Grinston as he’s visited various military locations over the past few weeks, Grinston said last week at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Standards haven’t been reviewed for over 30 years and Grinston acknowledged that while initially, he thought that […]
Plenty of cars will be hitting the roads across Long Island this holiday season and, as always, drivers will want to use caution when driving through Nassau and Suffolk counties. According to the most recent data released by New York State, between Nov. 24 and Dec. 31, 2016, nearly 6,400 crashes occurred across Long Island, […]
It was an ordinary Sunday mass at Bethel Assembly of God in Franklin Square in 2017 when one parishioner approached another to discuss a vision he’d had. “He felt God gave him this vision,” said Anthony Andreano, Franklin Square resident and cofounder of Making All Veterans Smile Inc.. Andreano was referring to his future partner and […]
On Tuesday, Mar. 5, the West Hempstead Board of Education held a budget meeting that featured the Board’s first student-led advisory council. Nine students ranging from the ages of eight to 18 from Cornwell Avenue Elementary, George Washington Middle School and West Hempstead High School made up the council, and each of the students had […]
Starting in 2021, a version of what Governor Andrew Cuomo envisioned for a New York City congestion pricing plan will begin charging vehicles a toll to drive below 60th Street into Manhattan. The revenue to be generated was originally dedicated to fixing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s fledgling subway system, with no dedicated funds going to […]
HEMPSTEAD, NY- The Hempstead Village Planning Board on April 15 approved a proposal by Amenity Development Holdings, LLC, a real estate company based on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, to build a seven-story self storage facility at 46 Greenwich St. in Hempstead Village. The building was once a funeral home and is now unoccupied. It is […]
HEMPSTEAD, NY.- The percentage of minority public school teachers on Long Island in 2017 was less than half that of the national average, according to a study released by Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies last March. The study looked at data from the New York State Education Department. According to the National Center […]
GARDEN CITY, NY –In 2014, the Village of Garden City settled a 14-year long housing discrimination lawsuit, brought by New York Communities for Change (NYCC). The lawsuit forced the Village to pay $5.3 million dollars in legal fees and relief, as well as to implement affordable housing requirements for all future building structures. Garden City […]
On March 4, the New York State Assembly passed a gun safety measure requiring that firearms in households with children under the age of 16 be stored in a locked container or be disabled when not in the immediate possession of the owner. The bill also requires gun license providers and businesses where firearms are […]
