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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano swears Murray into office.
Hempstead incumbents take oath of office
While taking a thinly veiled swipe at the previous, Democratically controlled county government, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray touted her administration's fiscal and environmental accomplishments in her inaugural speech on Tuesday. more
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John Ciotti, Norma Gonsalves and Howard Kopel were among the Republicans sworn in on Monday at the Cradle of Aviation. The Republicans now hold an 11-8 majority on the board.
New-look Legislature inducted
A large audience at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City on Monday witnessed the official transfer of power on the Nassau County Legislature. more
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Ed Mangano is sworn in as Nassau County executive by Judge Steven Bucaria.
Mangano takes office
“This is very cool… and quite an honor,” new Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said as a hundreds applauded and chanted his name on New Year’s Day. Mangano was sworn in as the eighth county executive in the auditorium of his alma mater, Bethpage High School. more
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Brad Mikalakis and Ethan Smestad turned drama teacher Sal Salerno into Santa Claus at the Calhoun High School On Tour Company's annual Improv Night.
Calhoun's night of comedy
More than 30 students and nearly 200 audience members took part in a night of laughs on Dec. 13 at the Calhoun High School On Tour Company's annual Improv Night. more
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Robert and Susan Cirigliano and Michelle Witt testified about the deaths of their children in dropside cribs before the Nassau County Legislature on Monday. The Legislature voted unanimously to ban the cribs.
County bans sale of dropside cribs
Bobby Cirigliano of North Bellmore lived for six months and three days. He died Sept. 15, 2004, when his head was caught in between the dropside rail and the mattress of his crib, and he suffocated. He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. He never returned home. more
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Officials in all five Bellmore-Merrick school districts said they should be able to weather current reductions in their state aid packages, but they worry whether possible future cuts will force them to tap reserve funds, borrow money or eventually reduce student services. Above, Danielle Kamlet, left, and Jamie Levine were hard at work on their coloring projects in Diana Hooker's first-grade class at Fayette Elementary School in North Merrick on Tuesday.
Bellmore-Merrick schools tackle aid setbacks
All five local school districts –– including the Bellmore-Merrick Central, and Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary districts –– had part of their state allotments for December held back after Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay solvent. more
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At a news conference last week, Lenny Rosado, left, joined by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center, and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, warned would-be drunk drivers that "the party's over" with Leandra's Law now in effect. The law was named for Leandra Rosado, Lenny's daughter, who died in an accident with a drunken driver last summer. Under the new statute, anyone who drives drunk with a child in the vehicle can be charged with a felony.
Leandra's Law takes effect
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach, and Lenny Rosado were joined at a news conference last week by state and local officials to remind Long Islanders that Leandra's Law took effect on Friday, making drunken driving with a child a felony offense in New York. more
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Bellmore-Merrick residents were out early on Sunday digging out from a nor'easter that dumped 15 inches of snow on the area. Above, a view of Florence Street in south Merrick
Bellmore-Merrick digs out from monster storm
On Sunday, Bellmore-Merrick residents began the long, arduous process of digging out from a nor'easter that dumped an estimated 15 inches of snow on the area. more
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Snow began falling on Saturday night and continued through late Sunday morning.
Blizzard hits Long Island [Video]
The first blizzard of the season dumped more than a foot of snow in our area Saturday night to Sunday morning, with high winds and heavy, drifting snow accumulating over night. more
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Snow blanketed Beach Drive in south Merrick on Saturday night.
Nor'easter pounds Bellmore-Merrick
A nor'easter made its way up the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday, pounding Merrick-Bellmore in the evening with a mix of heavy snow and high winds. The storm began with flurries, but quickly turned into a full-fledged blizzard. At 6 p.m., the prognosticators were predicting six to 18 inches of snow. more
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