A $1 million investment by the Village of Valley Stream in its fire department for a new multipurpose training facility was celebrated during its opening by dignitaries and fire department personnel.
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By Rei Wolfsohn
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1/12/24
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In the village’s latest effort to tackle its shortage of available senior housing options, officials are planning to convert a roughly 47,000-square-foot lot, tucked between Payan Avenue and …
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By Juan Lasso
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10/20/22
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April 22 is Earth Day, when we come together as a nation — and a planet — to celebrate the natural world and renew our vows to protect the environment from harm. In honor of Earth Day five years ago . . .
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4/22/21
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There is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts.
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By Lisa Tyson
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10/22/20
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Really, I am trying not to take this personally, but it seems clearer every day that our federal government is choosing to open the economy at the expense of older Americans. When I say “expense” I’m not talking dollars . . .
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7/17/20
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To slow the outbreak of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus, which as of Tuesday afternoon had killed two and infected 139 people in Nassau County, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the closure of all public …
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By Peter Belfiore
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3/17/20
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About 50 seniors at Valley Stream’s Charles J. Monica Senior Village apartments, who qualify for food aid through a state assistance program, have stopped receiving food shipments because a …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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2/13/20
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While Nassau County legislators may be divided on many issues, they recently made it clear that they agree on the importance of protecting Long Island’s wetlands.
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9/27/19
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At the outset of a Nov. 13 Valley Stream Board of Zoning Appeals hearing on a proposed four-story self-storage facility at 750 W. Merrick Road, local zoning lawyer Dominick Minerva, representing the …
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By Peter Belfiore
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11/22/18
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The holidays are here and the shopping frenzy is underway! Spending hours at the mall on a quest for the perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for friend or relative can give anyone the bah-humbug blues, …
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By Dawn Lettau, CTRS
Director of Therapeutic Recreation, Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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12/15/16
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