The Long Island Rail Road has installed the long-awaited security cameras at the Cedarhurst and Lawrence train stations.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/21/15
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When the State Legislature begins its new session in January, the Assembly will consider two proposals that seek to limit public displays of swastikas.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/26/15
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The summer is nearing its end, and to help students in the community prepare for school, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) has launched a back-to-school supply drive. School supplies for all grade levels will be collected until Tuesday, Sept. 8. in the lobby of Kaminsky’s Long Beach office at 20 West Park Ave.
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8/19/15
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Brad Gerstman, founder of the Anti-Semitism Action Fund, has offered $1,000 to Nassau County Crime Stoppers for anyone with information that could help catch the person or persons who defaced a part of a waiting area partition at the Lawrence Long Island Rail Road with swastikas earlier this month.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/11/15
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A Package from Home, an Israeli based nonprofit organization which specializes in providing packages to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) lone soldiers in need, held it’s third annual walk-a-thon at the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club in Atlantic Beach on July 27.
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By Carina Kohn
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8/5/15
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Who would have thought that the Independent U.S. senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, would so quickly close the gap with presumed 2016 presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton?
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7/15/15
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After more than a year of campaigning by local elected officials to have repair work done on the Nassau Expressway, also known as state route 878, the New York State Department of Transportation began a $6 million repaving and drainage improvement project on July 8.
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By Vanessa Parker
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7/15/15
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Following complaints by Five Towns residents, graffiti that included what is considered obscene language was scrubbed clean from the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station by the LIRR.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/6/15
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Opinions from residents to elected officials were positive about the purpose of the first public workshop meeting held by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration and noise study consulting firm Environmental Science Associates (ESA) on June 17.
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By Vanessa Parker
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6/24/15
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A summer-long library program and a state legislator’s challenge hope to help ensure that children don’t lose the skills they learned during the school year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/10/15
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