Nassau County police are alerting residents to be on the lookout for two men who robbed several women this month in East Meadow, Merrick, North Merrick, Baldwin, Wantagh and …
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Mike Caputo
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11/18/10
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The northbound lanes of the Wantagh Parkway will be closed between Jones Beach and Merrick Road until 7 p.m. on Nov. 18. New York State Parks Deputy Regional Director George Gorman said to expect intermittent closures on the southbound side for no more than 10 minutes at a time. The parkway is facing closures because of a movie that is being filmed there.
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11/18/10
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There were few mysteries for No. 2 Kennedy (12-3 overall) and top-seeded Wantagh when they matched up in the championship round of the Nassau County Class A girls’ volleyball playoff tournament at C.W. Post’s Pratt Center on Nov. 10.
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Steve Siniski
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11/16/10
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. and Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano are sponsoring a "Shed the Meds" at Wantagh Park on Saturday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at which residents can safely dispose of old and unused prescription medications.
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8/6/10
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Construction of a guiderail that will run along the Wantagh State Parkway bike path began May 20, a New York State Department of Transportation spokeswoman said.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/3/10
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Police are offering a $5,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who damaged up to 95 cars this weekend, police said at a Monday news conference.
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Sari Zeidler
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5/24/10
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The windows and windshields of more than 50 cars in Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore and Wantagh were broken with what appeared to be a blunt object between between 11 p.m. Saturday night and 5 a.m. Sunday morning, police said.
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Sari Zeidler
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5/24/10
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Gov. David Paterson gave the green light for the New York State Department of Transportation to install a guardrail along the Wantagh Parkway bike path at an Oct. 22 meeting with state Sen. Charles Fuschillo, Assemblyman David McDonough, and the family of Matthew Scarpati, who was killed on the path by an allegedly drunk motorcyclist this past summer.
The new guardrail will be what DOT spokeswoman Jennifer Post described as a "cable design," which will consist of three metal cables suspended by posts reaching about 33 inches high, spaced roughly 10 feet apart.
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by Sari Zeidler
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10/29/09
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An Oceanside man who was hit by a car while riding a bike on the bike path that runs along the northbound side of the Wantagh Parkway in 2007 is suing New York state for $5 million, his lawyer said.
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Sari Zeidler
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9/3/09
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