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No swearing-in for Long Beach police commissioner

Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters. Instead, … more

By James Bernstein | 1/14/21

First-grade teachers at Maurice W. Downing Primary School helped students write holiday letters to their pen pals at the Atria Assisted Living in Lynbrook.

Malverne's Downing School students write letters to Atria pen pals

Maurice W. Downing Primary School’s first-grade students in Kim Piccola, Katie Smyth, and Amanda Correia and Jennifer Eisenberg’s class wrote festive letters to their pen pals in the … more

1/14/21

Former Lynbrook resident Melanie R. Keveles dies

Melanie R. Keveles died on Nov. 25 in Duluth, Minn., and was laid to rest next to her parents, Abraham and Natalie Shenkman, on Long Island. more

1/14/21

This is Lynbrook’s Five Corners, in 1908, looking east along “the Merrick Road,” which was then an unpaved dirt road. Four years later, oyster shells were used as paving.

Lynbrook Historial Odds and Ends: Streets of shells

Decades before Lynbrook’s dirt roads were paved with macadam and asphalt, they were covered with oyster shells. more

By Art Mattson | 1/14/21

Lynbrook resident Anthony Longo, the pharmacy director for Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, left, received the shipment of the state’s first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 14.

Lynbrook resident recalls preparing New York's first Covid-19 vaccine

Dec. 14, pharmacist Anthony Longo said, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/14/21

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is quarantining after a recent exposure to a person with Covid-19.

County executive quarantining after Covid-19 exposure

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran must quarantine for 10 days because of a recent exposure to a person who had tested positive for Covid-19. Curran's press office reported Thursday that the … more

1/14/21

Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents decry rioting at the Capitol

The riot perpetrated by a mob of insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6 spurred plenty of local reaction. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/14/21

The Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead will host a contactless food drive on Jan. 16.

Hempstead's Mary Brennan INN hosting curbside food drive Jan. 16

The Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead will host its next no-contact curbside food drive to collect the most needed items for guests of the soup kitchen. Call (516) 732-6009 with … more

1/11/21

Atria Lynbrook resident Signe Ralph turned 104 on Dec. 23.

Atria Lynbrook resident turns 104

Echoes of people singing “Happy Birthday” could be heard from the Atria Lynbrook retirement living center on Dec. 23 at about 1:30 p.m., as family members sang to resident Signe Ralph in … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 1/7/21

Lynbrook’s racetrack was adjacent to the Brooklyn City Aqueduct (Peninsula Boulevard today).

Lynbrook historical odds and ends: The 1876 racetrack

Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a new column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years. This week: the 1876 racetrack. more

By Art Mattson | 1/7/21

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