With 2009 firmly in the rearview mirror for residents of Franklin Square and Elmont, community leaders have their sights set on the future.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/6/10
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Despite squandering a 13-point, second-half lead, South Side still had enough gas in the tank to get past host Elmont in a Conference ABC-I girls’ basketball game on Dec. 22, 56-52.
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Tony Bellissimo
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1/6/10
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Despite the bitter cold and intense snowstorms that Elmont and Franklin Square faced as the year ended, three armed robberies took place in five days in the area, two of them involving assaults.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/6/10
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Elmont’s quest for back-to-back titles came to end with a sound defeat at the hands of Wantagh in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game.
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Andrew McClure
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11/19/09
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In Elmont and Franklin Square, incumbent legislators held onto their seats by comfortable margins last Tuesday.
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Matt Hampton and Andrew Hackmack
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11/11/09
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An Elmont Schools employee is suing the district, alleging sex-discrination for a series of e-mails that made the rounds in the district office earlier this year. The case, which was filed in federal court, could take as long as a year to be resolved as both the district and their accuser try and work their way through the federal system.
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by Matthew Hampton
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11/11/09
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Low attendance numbers at Belmont Park’s fall championship season have steeled the resolve of local legislators and activists bound and determined to see the racetrack turned into a major destination.
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by Matthew Hampton
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11/11/09
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In 2009, Elmont boys soccer coach Pat Corvetti was faced with the challenge of life without Ahkeel Rodney and a roster filled with underclassmen.
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Andrew McClure
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10/28/09
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Anyone who witnessed Carey’s triumph over Elmont last Saturday knows much of the glory should go to the boys in the trenches after the Seahawks’ convincing 24-12 win.
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Andrew McClure
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10/14/09
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John Ciotti and Nina Petraro Bastardi, who are facing off for Ciotti’s 3rd District seat in the county Legislature, agree that taxes are out of control in Nassau County.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/8/09
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