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Demolition of Belmont Park’s 1.25 million-square-feet grandstand will begin in March and continue through early July. It will be replaced by a 275,000-square-feet building with the same 50,000-person capacity of the existing venue.
Belmont Park grandstand to be demolished, replaced during renovations
Demolition of Belmont Park's 1.25 million-square-feet grandstand and clubhouse is expected to begin in March and continue through early July. It will be replaced with a roughly 275,000-square-feet building, which increases the amount of unstructured green space available to fans by reducing the overall footprint of the building. more
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Nassau police reported shots fired at a smoke shop in Elmont around 2:22 p.m. March 18.
Shots fired at Elmont smoke shop
Nassau police reported shots fired at a smoke shop in Elmont on Hempstead Turnpike around 2:22 p.m. on March 18. more
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Fenol C. LaRock, executive director of Elmont-based nonprofit Universal Interactions, speaks to children at the Christmas pajama party and toy giveaway on Dec. 22.
Pajama party palooza in Elmont
Christiano Marcello, Fenol C. LaRock and Antonio Marcello, executive directors of Elmont-based nonprofit Universal Interactions, have been giving back to their community for a long time. The holiday season inspired them to give back once more in 2023. more
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Nassau police are seeking the public’s help to identify two men who allegedly scammed $239,500 from a 70-year-old Elmont resident. Police describe one of the men who is allegedly involved to be a 5’9” white man with a stocky build who is approximately 50 to 60 years old.
Two men allegedly scam $239K from 70-year-old Elmont man
Nassau County Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men who allegedly scammed $239,500 from a 70-year-old Elmont resident. more
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Ralph Isaacs, a retired Lawrence Middle School teacher, said that he plans to remain in Long Beach after Hurricane Sandy ravaged his one-story home, which is halfway between the Long Beach Medical Center and the city’s boardwalk. Above, Isaacs in his kitchen nearly three weeks after the storm struck.
Sandy survivors sticking it out in heavily battered Long Beach
In better times, Ralph Isaacs drove his family from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon in a rented RV. He loved living in the RV. Now he dreads it. For nearly two weeks after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the South Shore, he lived in one, parked in front of his one-story Long Beach home. more
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Liza Ruiz accepted Luis Pena’s marriage proposal.
Soldiers welcomed home in aftermath of hurricane
When Hofstra University got the call on Nov. 2 asking if they had power following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, officials never expected what they would be asked next. The Long Island based Army … more
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LONG BEACH, above, was inundated and much of its infrastructure destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, which pummeled the South Shore on Oct. 29, 2012.
With monster storms in mind, L.I. rebuilds
Hugh Mason, a Bellmore sheet metal worker, has learned to be patient. In Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, he and his family endured more than most. “I had 39 inches of water in my kitchen, all over my countertops,” Hugh recalled. more
Polk Street School Principal Gilbert Torossian joined kindergartners at an end-of-year show in 2016. The beloved Franklin Square principal has not been seen at the school since the week of Feb. 5, leaving students and parents to question the school district as to why. There was an outpouring of support for Torossian at a special Board of Education meeting on Feb. 28.
Where is Polk Street Principal Torossian?
Students at Franklin Square’s Polk Street School have been without a head principal to greet them during morning drop-off for a month. Parents spoke of beloved principal, Gilbert Torossian, with tears in their eyes, asking the Franklin Square school district's Board of Education why he hadn’t been in school and how they could support him. more
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Members of the Nassau County Police Department remove their hats during one of several prayers shared during the Nassau County’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Musical Tribute at Eisenhower Park on Monday.
Nassau remembers those taken on 9/11
It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. more
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Sean Andrade
Meet Sean Andrade, the 15-year-old Sewanhaka High School salutatorian
At just 15 years old, Sean Andrade is not only set to graduate from Sewanhaka High School, but has been named the salutatorian of the Class of 2023.  Sean will attend Stony Brook University in … more
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