We all worry about drinking water — homeowners and business people alike — and why shouldn’t we? Flint, Mich., has become the poster city for water contamination . . .
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By Hilary Baum
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7/21/18
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Lynbrook High School class of 2018 graduate John Krendel was one of five local area students to receive a scholarship from New York American Water.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/19/18
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New York American Water announced on July 10 that the company will invest $700,000 to install a new 8-inch ductile iron water main along East and West Boulevards in East Rockaway. The new water main will replace 2- and 6-inch water mains that were installed in the 1920s. The project will also include the replacement of two fire hydrants and 85 utility-owned service lines.
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7/10/18
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As he’s done every season since taking over as Head Coach/General Manager of the New York Lizards in 2012, Joe Spallina is willing to make whatever moves he feels will improve the roster and put the team in position to challenge for the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) championship.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/26/18
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It is an exciting time for soccer fans in Lynbrook and East Rockaway, and it isn’t just because the FIFA World Cup is underway. The Lynbrook/East Rockaway Lightning recently won the Arch Cup Gold championship.
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By Justin Zion
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6/21/18
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At the June 13 Lynbrook Board of Education meeting, several students and teachers expressed their displeasure with a district policy that omits students’ Regents exam grades from their class averages if the scores do not help them.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/21/18
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East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School’s unified basketball team continues to inspire players with and without intellectual disabilities.
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By Melissa Koenig
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5/17/18
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The activist comic actress brings her inimitable style when she stops on Long Island.
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4/26/18
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South Shore elected leaders are calling on the state to upgrade safety measures on Long Island parkways after a charter bus carrying students from Kennedy Airport to Suffolk County recently crashed into the Eagle Avenue bridge in Lakeview, nearly shearing off the bus’s roof and injuring three dozen students and chaperones, six of them seriously.
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By Scott Brinton and Nakeem Grant
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4/9/18
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Lynbrook village officials are hoping the new Regal movie theater, under construction on Merrick Road, will open as scheduled on April 24, despite a Nassau County fire marshal’s recent discovery of problems with the building’s standpipe system.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/29/18
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