Former NFL star Donny Brady, who is also a two-time Grey Cup champion in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos, celebrated the grand opening of Proficient Sports Training on Vincent Avenue in Lynbrook on Feb. 11. more

Having people know how to save a life propelled Mordecai Eliyahu to establish Lifeguard Training NY in 2012 after being a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department for about five years. more

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a plan to modernize 16 of Long Island’s train stations in his annual Long Island regional State of the State address on Jan. 10. Among other projects, he proposed investing $5 million to upgrade the Valley Stream Long Island Rail Road station. more

Valley Stream resident Rob Fried cautiously boarded a Long Island Rail Road train destined for Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn on Jan. 5 — one day after he was injured in a train car derailment on his morning commute. more

When Oceanside High School security retrieved Alison Abbey from her classroom and escorted her to the main office, the sophomore didn’t know what to expect. That’s why when she saw her brother Alex, who had spent more than a month in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for basic training for the National Guard, Abbey didn’t exactly know how to feel. more

The Wantagh Preservation Society and Chamber of Commerce invited residents to board their organizations’ own version of the Polar Express on Dec. 11. more

The Wantagh Preservation Society offered residents a glimpse of the community’s past at their 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday. more

Ellen Coook, one of the Wantagh Preservation Society’s trustees and program chairwoman, was 26 years old in September of 1966 when the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station was moved to another location in the community. The little red house, built in 1885, was slated for destruction when the Babylon branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century. But thanks to Margaret Aiken — whose civic group, the earliest incarnation of the Preservation Society that was colloquially referred to as Margy and her Steamrollers — the station was donated to the new nonprofit group and moved a few blocks north to 1700 Wantagh Ave. more

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police have identified a man who was struck and killed by an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train on Friday at about 12:45 a.m., according to MTA spokesman Salvatore Arena. more

Nassau County is holding a Narcan (Naloxone) training session at the Island Park Library on Sept. 14 from 1to 3 p.m. Continuing to combat the heroin epidemic and save countless residents’ … more