Blasted by the snow, again
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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Snow continues to fall
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Just as most of the snow from the last storm had melted, a winter storm moved across Long Island Thursday night and into Friday, dumping about a foot of new snow.
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2/26/10
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Another snow day
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Snow began on the South Shore Thursday afternoon and continued through Friday, closing all schools in the area.
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2/26/10
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray declared a snow emergency. "Our town is continuing its proactive practice of having deployed salt spreaders on the road at the first …
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2/26/10
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The East Meadow School District decided to close school Friday due to the winter storm that hit the area hard during the overnight hours.
The district posted an official statement on its Web …
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Mike Caputo
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2/26/10
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Singing heartthrob Justin Bieber stayed at the brand-new Allegria Hotel last weekend while in town for the Pop-Con event at the Nassau Coliseum. Bieber was a headliner in the show, along with Selena Gomez and many other young stars.
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Mary Malloy
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2/25/10
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Former Nassau County Family Court Judge Carnell Foskey has been picked to be the county’s new commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Museums.
Pending the county legislature’s approval, the …
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Lee Landor
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2/25/10
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Long Island beach lovers can look forward to a dull summer this year as yet another swimming pool at Jones Beach will be closed and the July 4th fireworks show cancelled.
Jones Beach, which …
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Lee Landor
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2/25/10
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Nassau County is preparing to bid farewell to its tried-and-true lever voting machines and to replace them with electronic ones, most likely by the November election.
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Alex Costello
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2/24/10
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Sjogren's Syndrome may not be a household name, but those who suffer from the chronic autoimmune disease aim to make it known to Long Islanders come March. East Meadow resident …
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Mike Caputo
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2/24/10
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