Gloria Moreira, 56, was killed when she was struck by a bus at the intersection of Park Street and Vernon Avenue in Atlantic Beach on Nov. 4, and the tragedy has sparked reaction from residents who say they want to see cameras installed to deter speeders and sidewalks constructed to ensure pedestrian safety.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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11/17/10
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As we tooled around Boyds, Md., in early October, desperately searching for a Subway to buy lunch, I suddenly thought, My, Boyds is one very neat community.
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Scott Brinton
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11/12/10
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Part three in the series “Plugging the Brain Drain.”
“I’m done with Long Island,” said Randall Press, a former Long Beach resident. “I’m done with the politics, I’m done with the …
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by Alex Costello
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11/10/10
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Lawrence High School has been placed on the New York State Education Department’s “needs improvement” list, as 35 special-education students did not meet the state’s mandated standard in math.
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JEFF BESSEN
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11/10/10
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3:35 p.m.
A school bus struck and killed a woman at the intersection of Park Street and Vernon Avenue in Atlantic Beach at 6:55 a.m., according to Nassau County police.
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JEFF BESSEN
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11/4/10
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The SSBA Nationals (formerly the Hewlett Tigers), a team of 12 and 13-year-old boys captured the South Nassau Travel Baseball League championship defeating the East Meadow Pirates 5-4 in a come-from-behind victory at John Street Field in East Rockaway on Oct. 7.
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11/3/10
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Lawrence resident Josh Wanderer wants the job that longtime incumbent Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) says nobody understands.
“There is a saying in business: ‘Pioneers get …
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JEFF BESSEN and ANTHONY RIFILATO
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10/20/10
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In the first phase of the Barry Silbowitz lawsuit against the Village of Atlantic Beach, the seven-person jury found the village and Superintendent of Public Works Steve Cherson guilty of two of the four claims in a decision on Oct. 7.
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JEFF BESSEN
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10/20/10
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Members of an Atlantic Beach family say they are being harassed by village officials because of their outspoken opposition to the policies of the administration.
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Jeff Bessen
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10/6/10
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Looks like I’ve become a witness to history, like one of those ancient Civil War widows, a repository of memories from a time gone by.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/30/10
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