Isle Harbor resident Bernie Ditchik loves stories. In 2016, at 92, he published a children’s book, “Grandpa Bernie’s Bedtime Stories.” He will be celebrating his 100th birthday with a new …
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By Janet Prete
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9/3/23
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Now that 2020 has arrived, officials are eyeing the beginning and completion of several major projects in Oceanside and Island Park.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/3/20
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Join the Island Park Fire Department for its annual Santa Run on Dec. 24.
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12/18/19
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On Nov. 15, trucks from Posillico Inc. transported the final two loads of contaminated soil from the site of a future apartment complex in Harbor Isle to the company’s Farmingdale-based treatment plant.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/27/19
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Less than a month after voting against a developer’s payment in lieu of taxes request for a $90 million, 172-unit luxury apartment complex in Island Park, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency board voted to approve it in a re-vote on Feb. 19.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/28/19
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At its Jan. 23 meeting, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency board voted 3 to 2 against a developer’s re-quest for a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for a $90 million, 172-unit luxury apartment complex at the former Harbor Isle petroleum-storage facility in Island Park.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/31/19
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By all accounts, 2019 should be a year in which officials in Oceanside and Island Park get things done. There are a number of projects on tap for both areas, which officials said they expect to either start or complete in the new year.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/10/19
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Last week, at the height of hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that forecasters are predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and increased the predicted number of . . .
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8/17/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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The Town of Hempstead tried going back to court to keep Posillico Development Company and Blue Island Development from building a 172-unit project on Harbor Isle, but the New York State Supreme …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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10/26/16
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