In abysmally low turnout, residents in Elmont and Franklin Square voted last week to accept their elementary school districts’ respective budgets and propositions and to re-elect both incumbent …
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By Timothy Denton
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5/23/18
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Elmont Memorial High School’s Men of Elmont held their second annual summit on May 11. The Men of Elmont club serves as a leadership workshop to help students deal with the challenges they face …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/23/18
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Massachusetts state police reported the arrest of three men who were traveling in a stolen vehicle with more than 1 kilo of cocaine on May 12. Thirty-year-old Carl Francois, of Elmont, was traveling …
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5/23/18
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For more than 70 years, Temple B’Nai Israel has served Elmont, inviting Jewish and non-Jewish community members to pray and study religion at its synagogue on Elmont Road. After years of …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/23/18
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The Central Nassau County Rotary Club honored Franklin Square’s Angelo DeVito and West Hempstead’s Patricia Locurcio at the Pompei Restaurant for the annual Rotary Foundation Dinner on …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/16/18
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New York State officials gathered in Albany to honor Haitian Unity Day and stand in solidarity with Haitian-Americans on May 7. This is the fifth year that New York has celebrated Haitian Unity Day, …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/16/18
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Voters in the Elmont Union Free School District voted 902-292 today to accept the Board of Education's proposed $89.5 million budget. The budget included a 3.55 percent tax increase. Board members …
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5/16/18
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The Elmont Chamber of Commerce held its annual State of Elmont meeting at the American Legion Post 1033 at the end of April. At the meeting, local officials outlined current concerns floating around …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/9/18
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While most of the local school board candidates are running unopposed in Franklin Square and Elmont, retiree Jean Ficthl has challenged incumbent Joseph Lewinger for his seat on the Franklin Square …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/9/18
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Surrounded by family, friends and television screens inside a rented Manhattan restaurant, Elmont’s Greg Senat saw his longtime dream of making it to the NFL come true on April 28. Despite …
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By Ronny Reyes
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5/9/18
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