Welcome spring with some foot stompin' music from the Dukes of Dixieland, enjoy a performance of chamber music classics featuring retired New York Philharmonic clarinetist Stanley Drucker, or check out a performance by the Manhattan-based Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company. more

More than 100 residents of Freeport and neighboring communities like Merrick, Bellmore and Rockville Centre converged on Freeport Village Hall on Monday to protest Mayor Andrew Hardwick's reported proposal to build a $550 million waste-to-energy trash incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. more

The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently. Then, snap! more

At a March 16 meeting of the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony Santino revealed new details of the Albanese Development proposal that, if approved by the Hempstead town … more

Exhibits and more... Eye Of The BeholderA showcase of six of the most intriguing female artists working today. Works by Nina Chanel Abney, India Evans, Marilyn Minter, Sara Rahbar, Christy … more

Nearly a year after announcing that the Basser Kaufman and Engel Burman Group had dropped plans to undertake a massive urban renewal project in downtown Baldwin, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony … more

It’s opera with a twist when two “divas” take the stage, presented by Merrick-Bellmore Community Concert Association, Sunday, Feb. 21, at 4 p.m. Somewhere amid the many costume changes, … more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

A Freeport man was arrested by Nassau police and federal agents on Oct. 22 and is being charged under the Hobbs Act for conspiracy to obstruct commerce through the robberies of residences in Baldwin and Merrick, according to U.S. Department of Justice officials. more

Nassau County officials announced Oct. 2 that they have signed a lease with a longtime Baldwin landlord to build a new 1st Precinct headquarters in the Rosen Shopping Center off Grand Avenue. The deal comes after months of negotiations between the county and the landlord. more