The Empire State Development board today approved the state’s Environmental Quality Review Act and Urban Development Corporation Act findings, bringing the Belmont arena project one step closer to …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/8/19
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Empire State Development has begun to obtain the necessary approvals to build its planned arena on 43 acres of state-owned land at Belmont Park.
On July 31, the state Public Authorities Control …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/8/19
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Since Empire State Development released the final environmental impact statement on the proposed Belmont arena project in July, many new details have come to light on New York Arena Partners’ plans for the site. But while much attention has been focused on the construction of a new Long Island Rail Road station at the border of Elmont and Bellerose Terrace, there is also new information about the plans to heat the arena.
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By Ronny Reyes
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8/1/19
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The public comment period for the Belmont arena project has been extended to Aug. 1, Empire State Development officials announced Tuesday, after they noticed “two minor clerical errors” in their …
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/24/19
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Board of Education President William Belmont and Trustee Heather Hanson have diligently served the students of the Lynbrook School District and deserve to be re-elected to the board.
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5/16/19
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Lynbrook and East Rockaway residents will go to the polls on Tuesday to vote on district budgets and Board of Education races, in which four candidates in each school district are vying for two seats.
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By Mike Smollins and Melissa Koenig
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5/16/19
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The Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts will each have four candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Education in the May 21 election.
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By Melissa Koenig and Mike Smollins
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5/2/19
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Whether it’s a play, a concert, a game or any other outing, it’s common to spot Lynbrook Board of Education Trustee Alicemarie Bresnihan at school district events. And she is not slowing down as she enters her 44th year as a board member, making her one of the longest-tenured trustees in the state.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/10/19
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Twenty-twenty will be a roaring year in Franklin Square and Elmont, as various civic groups have already planned events for the new year.
Franklin Square
Perhaps the biggest event happening in …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/9/19
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On Dec. 12, the Lynbrook School District’s Board of Education voted to modify the district’s Voyager Program for intelligently gifted students to offer both a pullout enrichment program and an enrichment-for-all program in the 2019–20 school year.
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1/3/19
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