Empire Kayaks in Island Park hosted its 12th annual “Mayday On The Bay Kayak Race” on Saturday, May 1, kicking off this year's kayaking season. Sixty kayakers participated in the event on a …
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5/5/10
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Rudy and Mary Nuzzolo live in a two-family ranch with a manicured yard on Waterford Road in Island Park. They have a tight-knit Italian family and host big dinners and gatherings, especially when …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/5/10
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After Oceanside High School hosted a program last January, "Heroin on Long Island: Face the Facts," members of the school's Drug Advisory Wellness Council (DAWC) wanted to continue to do more to …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/4/10
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Plans to develop a 24-hour Super Stop & Shop on the former Camp DeBaun site in Oceanside are in the works, after Town of Hempstead officials approved a design for a project that some residents said …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/4/10
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Richard Lawrence of Merrick, a former Nassau County Family Court judge, longtime legal counsel to a state senator, and well-respected, well-loved community activist, died suddenly on April 21 of complications from a bone-marrow transplant. He was 66.
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Scott Brinton
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4/28/10
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Oceanside firefighters responded to a house fire on Carrel Boulevard on April 28. Thirty-five members of the Oceanside Fire Department — as well as mutual aid from Long Beach and Island Park — …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/28/10
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The Island Park school board unanimously approved its proposed $32.5 million budget — a $1.29 million increase over the current spending plan — on April 20. The proposal preserves programs and …
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Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello
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4/28/10
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The Oceanside Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget last week, finalizing a proposal that residents will vote on on May 18.
Although residents face an increase in school taxes …
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Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello
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4/28/10
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Little more than a month after a storm that ranked among the largest in Long Island's history, some local legislators gathered at Adelphi University on April 15 to ask, Are we prepared for the next …
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Matt Hampton
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4/28/10
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Oceanside High School senior Chris Williams remembers when he realized the importance of being environmentally friendly. It was during his sophomore year, during World Outreach Week, when he learned …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/28/10
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