The New York Rising Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funding approved a $500,000 request from the Town of Hempstead that will be used to purchase two generators for the Meadowmere Park Fire Department.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/11/15
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Q: I own a small business and recently read about a bill Governor Cuomo signed into law eliminating the requirement for me to notify my employees about their rate of pay, allowances, pay day, …
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By Max Sicherman
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2/6/15
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Comics perform for a school cause
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Laughter was in the house at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club in Lawrence last Saturday when the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund held its night of comedy.
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2/4/15
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Craig Hodges hoops it up at HAFTR
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Three-time NBA champion Craig Hodges, who also won the league’s three-point shooting contest at the All-Star game — 1990, ’91 and ’92 — visited the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway last Sunday.
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2/4/15
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Q: I am hearing more and more about the measles epidemic. Can my school district lawfully require that my child be vaccinated, and if I establish that my child is exempt …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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2/3/15
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Making music at Lawrence High School
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Lawrence High School’s Christina Mazzitelli Academy of Fine and Performing Arts held its annual winter concert with the band, chorus and orchestra playing a variety of musical selections in the school’s auditorium on Jan. 22.
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1/28/15
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Snow day in the Five Towns
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After more than 13 inches of snow fell in the Five Towns, according to the National Weather Service, residents to took clearing their driveways and streets.
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1/27/15
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Q: I understand that Nassau County determines taxes in some part by lot size and structural square footage, but is there a standard calculation? I'm in the process of …
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By Richard G. Fromewick
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1/26/15
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More snow expected in the Five Towns
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The National Weather Service forecast has a snowstorm hitting the area later on Monday into Tuesday morning with blizzard conditions before dawn into Tuesday morning with accumulations of one to two feet.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/24/15
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Q: I am the President of mid-sized company on Long Island which has a zero-tolerance drug policy which includes prohibiting the use of marijuana. We also randomly test …
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By Paul F. Millus
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1/23/15
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