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Gala Foods Supermarket and other local retailers are preparing for a statewide ban on plastic bags that will go into effect on March 1.
Freeport retailers prep for plastic bag ban
Retailers throughout Freeport are stocking up on thousands of reusable bags as they try to meet the demands of a new plastic bag ban that goes into effect statewide on March 1. The Plastic Bag … more
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The Village of Freeport recently won a State Supreme Court case allowing it to sell a Sunrise Highway property to developers. A state Department of Transportation yard is now located on the property, but will likely be moved. It was unclear at press time whether the state would appeal the court’s decision.
Freeport wins right to sell NYSDOT yard
The Village of Freeport recently won a State Supreme Court lawsuit against the State Department of Transportation that will allow developers to construct apartments and retail spaces at the DOT yard … more
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Ken Belafiore, far left, Lupe Velasquez, Christopher Bisonette and Lee Ann Moltzen have fostered a new, three-part program to help guide immigrants through the naturalization process at the Freeport Memorial Library.
A pipeline to citizenship
Ecuadorean immigrant Lupe Velasquez, who became a U.S. citizen in 1990, described the naturalization process as “incredibly thorough.” Immigration officials scrutinized every part of her … more
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LIRR trains will be replaced by buses between Babylon and Rockville Centre on Feb. 29 and March 1.
LIRR weekend service disruption
Due to construction and signal work, Long Island Rail Road trains will be replaced by buses between Babylon and Rockville Centre this weekend, according to MTA officials. more
Shanequa Levin, 40, of Huntington Station, is the founder of Women’s Diversity Network, a group that advocates for the racial and cultural integration of systems.
Long Islanders advocate for racial justice
As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in … more
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John Pierotti, in crutches, being assorted to court in 2000.
Freeport man awaits decisions in shooting retrail
After 20 years in prison, John Pierotti, of Freeport, stepped back into court again on Feb. 10 after an appellate court granted him a retrial over a 1998 double-murder case in Bladwin. The ruling … more
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The Freeport Union Free School District plans on expanding its pre-K program by providing full-time class time for approximately 90 students.
Freeport UFSD receives $750K for Pre-K program
The Freeport Union Free School District received a $750,000 grant to help fund its Pre-K program on Feb. 7. The grant came through State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to award $15 million … more
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Mary and Rob Hallam with the more than 20,000 food items they collected in their home during their annual food drive.
Couple holds eighth annual food drive
While the Long Island Council of Churches’ food pantry, in Freeport, serves more than 2,500 individuals a month from all over Nassau County, the funding it receives from the federal government … more
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Brian Schnee, center, taught Freeporters how to properly paint their houses during his TLC for Good Home Health course at the Freeport Memorial.
A little TLC for the house
Whether it was the base guitar that Brian Schnee made when he was 15 or the work he does on his 1906 Victorian home in Rockville Centre, the 67-year-old has spent much of his life building things or … more
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The Rev. Arthur Mackey, Jr. at a protest on Dec. 6, along with Akbar Rogers, days after Rogers’s controversial arrest. Rogers is suing the Village of Freeport, Nassau County and their respective police departments for $25 million.
Rogers to sue Freeport, county for $25M
Attorneys for Akbar Rogers, 44, the Freeport man who was captured on video being wrestled to the ground, punched and kicked by Freeport police officers during an arrest in December, said at a Feb. 13 … more
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