The New York Racetrack Chaplaincy donated $1,000 to the newly formed Elmont Police Activity League on Saturday in the name of late community leader Paul Sapienza. The money is intended to help defray …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/4/21
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Students in the Franklin Square and Elmont school districts continued to learn remotely on Feb. 2, after a massive nor'easter dumped about a foot of snow on the area.
The Elmont School District …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/2/21
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Adriano Mario Sperduto was excited to watch the snow come down from the comfort of his Franklin Square home on Monday, running to a nearby window to point out the storm to his father, Michael …
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By Scott Brinton
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2/1/21
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The Elmont Union Free School District is one of 22 districts across New York State deemed to be susceptible to fiscal stress, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli based …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/28/21
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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. stood at the very site where far-right insurrectionists had stormed the Capitol two weeks earlier to be sworn in as president on Jan. 20, and pleaded for unity at one of …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/26/21
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An Elmont man was recently arrested for a string of larcenies throughout Nassau County.
Dean Leipsner, 57, was identified as the person responsible for a number of larcenies that occurred between …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/25/21
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Elmont Memorial High School was closed on Tuesday, and the Covert Avenue School in Elmont will remain closed through Jan. 25, as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise.
Instruction would …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/19/21
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Sarah Campbell credits her high school sociology teacher, Lila Timpson, with instilling in her the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Every year on the third Monday of January, she said, …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/19/21
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Science research teacher Michelle Flannery tried to dissuade Christopher Alexander from studying potential cancer treatments since he was a freshman at Elmont Memorial High School, but Alexander kept …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/12/21
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‘Twas two days after Christmas when all through Elmont Road Park, families lined up in coats, hats and scarves hoping for their chance to get Black dolls from the Zeta Phi Beta and Elmont …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/5/21
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