The 3rd annual Building Homes for Heroes 5K Run/Walk will take place on Sunday morning, April 18 at Hewlett Point Beach Park in Bay Park/East Rockaway. The race will begin at 9 a.m. sharp. Race … more

Former longtime Inwood resident Dorothy Benson Brown recently passed away. more

On Dec. 8, 2004, then Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback and then County Executive Tom Suozzi met at an empty lot on Harris Avenue in Inwood, steps from the Number Four School, to announce plans for eight new affordable homes to be built on the site by the Long Island Housing Partnership. more

Q. Our house is undergoing changes, and we forgot to ask about who does the alarms. Neither the contractor nor the electrician wants to do it, and told us to get an alarm company. While we can’t blame them for not figuring the cost into the work, we feel put upon to start interviewing security people, especially with full-time jobs and with everyone seeming ready to take other jobs if we don’t decide fast. We also want to know if we should have security cameras installed. Do people really use them? What do you suggest? more

A man involved in a 2006 Inwood home invasion that left a 9-year-old boy blind in one eye and partially paralyzed after he was shot through his right eye was sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. more

Q. We have a turn-of-the-(last)-century front-porch colonial. It needs substantial modernization, and I've found that problems that seem unrelated in fact do contribute to one another, leading to bigger costs than expected. For example, we need a new boiler, new wiring, a rebuilt chimney and insulation in the walls. Further, the house has a lead water main and a sewer line that has been penetrated by tree roots. The boiler connects to the chimney, which has never been lined and doesn’t have a rain cap. To replace the boiler, we have to line the chimney with a liner that fits the new boiler, and we have to rebuild at least part of the chimney above the roof. more