Elmont’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament had a record turnout last Saturday — nearly 4,300. more

A buzz is in the air. Elmont’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament — an annual event for fifth-grade to college students that has garnered both local and Long Island-wide attention — will be held on July 16, at the Dutch Broadway School in Elmont. Tip-off will be at 10:30 a.m. more

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo came to the home of James and Janet Gannon in Lynbrook last week to sign the state’s first property tax cap into law. more

Long Island employers got a bit of good news earlier this month when the State Senate passed a bill to repeal the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s payroll tax — shortly after the MTA terminated its contract to operate Long Island Bus and reduced services throughout the Long Island Rail Road system. more

The Elmont Chamber of Commerce held its first Elmont Economic Summit on May 5, and nearly 100 residents came out to support the chamber, and economic sustainability for the community. However, for several local elected officials, who confirmed they would be attending the event, the feeling wasn’t mutual. more

Pres. Barack Obama announced last Sunday that Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, was killed by American troops in Pakistan in April. The news has impacted Americans throughout the nation, but hits especially hard for New Yorkers. Some locals personally knew individuals who were killed during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. more

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nassau County and state Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Charles Fuschillo of Merrick and Sen. Jack Martins of Elmont, announced an agreement last week to avert proposed cuts to the MTA’s Long Island Bus service in Floral Park, Elmont, Franklin Square, Bellerose Terrace, Bellerose Village and North Valley Stream. The cuts, which were announced nearly a month ago and were expected to affect more than half of Nassau County’s bus routes, have been postponed until January 2012, and the MTA will have to find a way to solve its budget shortfall in the meantime. more

Nearly 60 protesters gathered on March 29 to chide state Sen. Jack Martins, of Elmont, for a promise they say Martins did not keep. The group included local and state redistricting reform activists, who are angry that despite legislation Martins pledged to pass last summer, independent redistricting will not be mandated in New York state until 2022. more

In February, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced that its 100,000 daily Long Island Bus riders would face the most dramatic cuts in the bus system’s nearly 40-year history throughout the spring. In an effort to save $26 million, which MTA officials say is needed to maintain existing bus service, the MTA announced last month that its Long Island Bus services would be cut by 56 percent. more

Sen. Jack Martins (R-Elmont) introduced a bill last week to repeal a recently implemented policy by the Metropolitan Transit Authority that charges customers a $10 processing fee for returning unused Long Island Rail Road tickets. Martins said he introduced the legislation because he believes the fee is an unfair addition to the MTA’s already inconvenient fare increases and service cuts that have occurred over the past year. more