Society has long looked down on mental health patients, according to Andrew Malekoff, executive director of the Roslyn Heights-based North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center. So it has been all too …
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1/24/19
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Local elected officials and school administrators gave Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ninth State of the State address mixed reviews last week as they weighed in on his proposed 2019-20 budget.“I …
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By Timothy Denton and Erik Hawkins
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1/24/19
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Jurors took less than a day to find Robert Savinetti not guilty in the August 2017 death of Lisa Micelli, the 44-year-old Melville mother of two who was dragged under an SUV after an altercation …
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By Timothy Denton
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1/24/19
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An Oakland Gardens man was stopped on Sunrise Highway in Seaford at 3:35 a.m. on Christmas morning and arrested for driving while intoxicated after being observed going the wrong way.
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By Alexandra Dieckmann
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12/26/18
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A northbound driver suffering from dementia collided with two southbound vehicles while going the wrong way on the Wantagh State Parkway on Dec. 18 at 10:22 p.m., causing a three-car collision, according to the N.Y. State Police.
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By Alexandra Dieckmann
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12/19/18
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When faith leaders and congregants were planning the merger of East Meadow’s Temple Emanu-El and Wantagh’s Temple B’nai Torah, an idea that came to mind was to create a heritage trip on which …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/23/18
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A Wantagh man was arrested on Nov. 5 in connection with a string of six burglaries in Seaford, according to Nassau County police.
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Alexandra Dieckmann and Timothy Denton
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11/15/18
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A Wantagh man was arrested on Nov. 5 in Seaford and charged with multiple counts of burglary and attempted burglary following a wave of Halloween break-ins that had alarmed local residents. Daniel …
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11/6/18
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Two years after Todd Kaminsky was elected to the State Senate, he has proven to be a vocal and aggressive advocate in the 9th District and beyond. He deserves another term.
The former federal …
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11/1/18
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Rabbi Moshe Weisblum, of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Wantagh, described himself as “heartbroken” in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 dead and six injured.
Weisblum said the community would hold daily prayer services and two synagogue gatherings. All week and into the weekend he will be conducting special memorial prayers during the morning and evening services, he said.
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By Jeff Bessen and Alexandra Dieckmann
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10/29/18
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