A Long Beach man was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident on Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside Wednesday, March 17. Police said Mark Dejak, 21, formerly of Lynbrook, was driving his motorcycle north on Lawson when he hit a bus turning left across the northbound lanes into a school bus parking lot just before 5 p.m. more

The Haiti Relief Fund Inc., headquartered in Lynbrook, has distributed another 40 ft. container of relief goods collected from New York to approximately 3,000 earthquake victims in Haiti. more

Local residents and business owners were in the holiday spirit today wearing green shirts, green shirts, green ties -- and eating green bagels! Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of our readers! more

Residents in East Rockaway and Lynbrook emerged from their homes on Sunday morning to assess the damage after a massive nor’easter ripped through the area with high winds and driving rain. more

Michael McHale, a 16-year-old student at Lynbrook High School, was hit by a westbound, non-passenger train at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station at about 5:40 p.m. on March 9, Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said. McHale was later pronounced dead at South Nassau Communities Hospital. The Lynbrook Fire Department was called to the station platform, answering a report of a person being hit by a train, said Steve Grogan, spokesman for the department. Grogan said McHale did not respond to resusitation efforts, and was rushed to the hospital. Sam Zambuto, spokesman for the Long Island Rail Road, said that the MTA police are investigating the incident as a possible suicide. As a result of the incident, service was affected on the Babylon branch, and riders were redirected to the Long Beach branch, according to Zambuto. more

High winds and driving rain caused widespread damage on Saturday afternoon. Trees were uprooted in many south shore communities, and there was extensive damage to vehicles and property. more

During the third budget work session for the Lynbrook School District, officials detailed that facilities costs in the 2010-11 budget have decreased by five percent, the elementary science program will be redesigned, and five teachers in the district will be excessed due to a projected decrease in enrollment. more

The Nassau County Robbery Squad arrested John Brooks, 58, of Springfield Gardens, in connection with a series of bank robberies that started in October of 2009. One of those banks was the Bethpage Federal Credit Union located at 613 Sunrise Highway, Lynbrook, which was held up on Dec. 16, 2009. more

Dan Peck was born into a family of leaders. The 26-year-old Lynbrook resident has two older brothers who served in the armed forces, and, while in high school, Peck said, he led various service organizations. So for him it felt only natural to join the Army in 2001 and eventually lead an Army artillery unit in Salah ad Din, a northern province of Iraq. more

Last Saturday’s Nassau Class A girls’ basketball championship game was supposed to be decided by top-seeded Division’s frontcourt and No. 3 Lynbrook’s guards, just like both regular-season matchups between the Conference ABC-I rivals. more