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Mostly Cloudy Malverne's reserve police force expands
Volunteer unit inducts four new members, promotes three others
Four new officers were sworn into the Malverne Police Reserve at the village’s monthly board of trustees meeting on Aug. 3, bolstering the volunteer force to 35 members to help keep the …
Lucas Xiao Lu makes the Junior Olympics
14-year-old Malverne student has developed a passion for water polo
14-year-old Malverne resident Lucas Xiao Lu is no ordinary student. He has danced as an Alvin Ailey junior scholar. He has sung for the National Children’s Chorus. He played for Malverne High …
Orthodox player from West Hempstead allegedly harassed for modest dress
The father of an Orthodox Jewish table tennis player from West Hempstead has accused former Olympian Fei Ming Tong of harshly criticizing his daughter for her conservative style of dress at the U.S. …
Could toll lanes fix parkway’s ‘Bloody Alley’?
Anyone driving on the Southern State Parkway knows it’s not an easy highway to travel. There are a lot of accidents, but there’s simply too many vehicles. But one fix offered by the …
West Hempstead man charged in the case of a caged, starved dog
A 41-year-old West Hempstead man was arrested on July 21 and charged with the severe negligence and abuse of his dog, authorities said. The dog, renamed Athena by veterinary staff who have cared …
Nassau Pops a crowd pleaser in Malverne
The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra kicked off Malverne’s summer concert series with selections from film and theater at the town’s gazebo park on July 16. The performance was organized by …
Playing Pickleball in West Hempstead
People young and old in West Hempstead and surrounding communities have taken interest in a perhaps less widely known sport: pickleball. Pickleball Plus, first opened last October, often find their …
Lakeview prepares for annual community celebrations
For more than two decades, Lakeview Day has been a summer event the community circles on the calendar every August. Taking place on Aug. 6 this year, the event aims to bring the entire community …
Girl Scouts welcome new board members from West Hempstead
Four residents of West Hempstead have been announced as members of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s new board of directors. Tonia Bottoms, Esq., Natalie Borneo, Kevin Boston-Hill, and Anne …
Lakeview Fire Department keeps prepared
The past two Wednesday nights have been busy with practice and drills for the Lakeview Fire Department – mainly training their firefighters in car extrications. Using what Chief Michael Joyce …
Editorial
It’s time to go to the precinct and vote . . . again?
With school board elections and the June primary for the Assembly, it seems we’re making more trips to our polling precinct than we might make to the gym.
Op-Ed
If I were a shark, I’d sue Steven Spielberg for defamation
Probably no depiction of sharks has so demonized these creatures as the movie “Jaws,” directed by Steven Spielberg . . .
Op-Ed
Will the Russians fly away from the space station?
Given the all-but-declared new cold war between the U.S. and Russia, it may seem unsurprising that Vladimir Putin’s government would announce plans to pull out of its partnership with the International Space Station . . .
Randi Kreiss
Family time on Maine’s rocky seacoast
Things began to go sideways when the rain began, and we broke out the Monopoly set.