What you're holding in your hands right now is extremely important.
It's your local newspaper, and I'm not being hyperbolic when I tell you that it's extremely important.
A local newspaper …
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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After more than a year in the courts, the $6 million defamation lawsuit filed by Oceanside resident Denise Finkel against four of her former classmates and the social networking website Facebook was …
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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After four consecutive days of victories, Baldwin native John Krizel was defeated on the fifth day by a black hole.
That was the answer — more specifically, the question — John missed during …
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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This fall, if all goes according to plan, Island Park residents should start seeing workers in reflective vests on Austin Boulevard — the first step in a long-awaited traffic survey to determine …
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Alex Costello
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7/21/10
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Island Park residents worried about the sale and new owner of Abbey Manor had some of their concerns addressed at a special meeting of the Island Park Civic Association on June 22.
The …
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Alex Costello
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7/7/10
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As graduates in Oceanside and Island Park are getting ready to move on to bigger and better things, changes are coming to the local newspaper
as well.
The Oceanside/Island Park Herald has …
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Alex Costello
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6/30/10
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The Village of Rockville Centre may have inadvertently put itself in the dog house with its new law, banning Rottweilers and pit bulls from the village, that was passed during its June 8 meeting.
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Alex Costello
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6/23/10
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The Rockville Centre Board of Trustees recently passed a law banning residents from owning Rottweilers and pit bulls, giving local dog lovers two fewer breeds to adore.
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Alex Costello
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6/16/10
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Those who attended Rockville Centre's village board meeting on June 8 — or drove by Village Hall at around 8:15 p.m. — might have been startled to find union protesters marching around the block carrying coffins.
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Alex Costello
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6/16/10
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Union protesters have set up a new addition to the front of Rockville Centre’s Village Hall — a large, inflatable rat— to protest the construction of the AvalonBay apartment complex.
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Alex Costello
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6/9/10
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