Traffic was thankfully light on Wednesday morning when a water main broke near Ocean Avenue and Merrick Road in Lynbrook. At about 8:30 a.m., Long Island American Water saw a pressure drop in area. They sent a crew to the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue and found a leak in a 20-inch main, located under the street. "We investigated the leak and we were able to isolate the main," said William Varley, president of Long Island American Water. "Right now it's isolated and we can operate it like that." Only three people lost service, and they were given temporary service . It took about an hour to repair, "The inclement weather hindered us a bit, but our crews have experience doing this," Varley said. America Water had one large crew there. Varley said that they will come back at a later date and replace that section of the main. He could only speculate why it leaked, "Until a further investigation is done, it would only be speculation." The crews were out there from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. rerouting traffic away from the area. It's a temporary restoration, Varley said, and they will come back to replace the entire section within upcoming weeks. more

Thursday was dig-out day throughout the South Shore after a near-blizzard smacked the area from late Tuesday through early Thursday morning. Almost a foot and a half of heavy, wet snow pressed down on roofs, cars, streets and parks, closing schools for most students and bringing shoveling chores to most adults. Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey has announced that for the thirty one hour period from 12:01 a.m. Feb. 10, through 7 a.m. Feb. 11, there were 190 auto accidents in the Nassau County. Of those, 34 resulted in injuries. more

After knocking on the door for quite some time, Lynbrook’s boys’ basketball team finally kicked it down—twice. more

A rake, a raconteur and a Renaissance man, John (“Jack”) Patrick Gordon, 84, a longtime resident of Lynbrook and native of Richmond Hill, Queens, died on Jan. 26. more

Lynbrook High School students Erica and Matthew DeMichiel collected over 120 new children’s books at multiple sites in Lynbrook and East Rockaway on behalf of First Book-Long Island, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing new books to children from low-income households in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The group’s mission is to instill a love of reading in youngsters who would not otherwise have access to books in their homes. more

Lynbrook entered the 2009-10 girls' basketball season with great expectations and has been as good as advertised. more

Members of the activity department at Atria of Lynbrook observed resident appreciation day by dressing up as french maids as they went door to door to the residents’ apartments, offering them … more

Residents came to the Creative Art Space for Kids location on Atlantic Avenue in Lynbrook last Saturday to help sort and pack the many donated items of clothing, food, and necessary items that will be shipped. more

Mary Denyse Magilligan, a senior at Lynbrook High School has earned a coveted spot as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, one of the country’s premier high school science fairs. The school has produced five other Intel Semifinalists over the past 11 years, including 2009 graduate Jing Jian. more

“Humanity has just witnessed one of the worst tragedies in history,” said Carlo Thertus, founder and owner of Creative Art Space for Kids, a nonprofit art studio on Atlantic Avenue in Lynbrook. “Haiti now looks like ground zero.” more