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Phil Kingsbury, of Wantagh, in 2017 on the Wantagh Parkway mixed-use path that leads to the Ocean Parkway Greenway. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the greenway.

Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension

The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the 2019 Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute to discuss journalism with participants.

Former Merokean Michael Otterman, searching for peace while covering conflict

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s 2019 Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Akinwale Agesin | 9/5/19

Virginia Cervasio, 61, of Glen Cove, right, is the founder of the nonprofit Heroes Among Us, which hosted “The Wall that Heals” at Eisenhower Park. She greeted guests at the opening ceremony of the 375-foot-long, three-quarter-scale mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

'The Wall that Heals' comes to East Meadow

Volunteers worked for roughly five hours, some of that time in hammering rain, in Eisenhower Park on Aug. 28 to assemble the pieces of a 375-foot-long, three-quarter-scale mobile replica of the … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/5/19

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, left, and Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin said that County Comptroller and former Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman, as well as Town Supervisor Laura Gillen's chief of staff, Jim LaCarrubba — Long Beach's former public works commissioner — received separation payments they were not entitled to when they ended their employment with the City of Long Beach.

Clavin calls on Nassau County comptroller to resign

Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin called on County Comptroller Jack Schnirman to resign on Tuesday amid an investigation into a “payout scandal” in Long Beach that Clavin … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 8/20/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute on July 29 to discuss journalism with participants.

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick, revealing truth, doing good

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Devin Johnson | 8/13/19

Thomas Gulotta was a former state assemblyman for the 13th District. In 1978, East Meadow residents Jess, left, and Charlie Bunshaft, 12 and 9, visited Gulotta at his office in the state capitol in Albany.

Former County Executive Tom Gulotta dies at 75

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta, of North Merrick, died on Sunday, Aug. 4. He was 75. Gulotta, a Republican, served as the county executive from 1987 to 2001. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/5/19

David Cornell, from Lynbrook, a Marine Corps veteran who fought in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait, had his hair cut by Will Torres, of Queens Village, a student at the Barber and Beauty Institute of New York.

Summer stand-down serves Nassau’s veterans

The Nassau County Veterans Service Agency’s annual summer Veteran Stand Down welcomed hundreds of Long Island vets on Tuesday in Freeport. The biannual event last took place in November, shortly … more

By Nadya Nataly | 7/15/19

Liver transplant patient George Conte, of Floral Park, consulted recently with Dr. David Bernstein, Northwell Health’s chief of hepatology, at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Conte received a new liver last August, at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Patients no longer need to leave Long Island for liver transplants now that Northwell offers them.

Liver transplant center is ‘a godsend’

George Conte reached the very high end of the Medical End-Stage Liver Disease scale last summer. The low end of the range is 6 — mild liver disease — and the upper end is 40 — near … more

By Scott Brinton | 7/11/19

Life has been difficult for Timothy DeMeo, a Glen Head civilian 9/11 responder, and his wife, Gloria.

9/11 responder from Glen Head is seeking pension parity

Many images continue to haunt civilian 9/11 responder Timothy DeMeo. He saw close to 100 people engulfed in flames jump from the twin towers, he said — images that are still among his nightmares. … more

By Laura Lane | 7/11/19

Sea Cliff residents from all walks of life pack Veteran’s Memorial Park for Sunset Serenades week after week.

Listen to Sea Cliff’s sounds of the summer

As concert season comes into full swing all across Long Island, the scenery of North Shore communities intertwines with the artistry of resident-musicians, giving concertgoers a slice of the local … more

By Joaquin Contreras | 7/11/19

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