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Exhibits and more... CurrentsAn exhibit highlighting three exciting artists working today: Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Benjamin Edwards and Tom Sanford. All three artists have been shown widely in … more

8/4/10

Long Island Bus must be saved

Economists tell us that the Great Recession of recent years is over. The economy is growing again, albeit ever so slowly. Long Island’s jobless rate has dropped to below 7 percent. Housing prices in a number of area neighborhoods are starting — mind you, starting — to creep up. And we hear anecdotal evidence that people are beginning to spend again. more

7/30/10

Merrick mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus

A mosquito pool in Merrick tested positive last week for the West Nile virus, according to the Nassau County Health Department. more

Scott Brinton | 7/30/10

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... CurrentsAn exhibit highlighting three exciting artists working today: Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Benjamin Edwards and Tom Sanford. All three artists have been shown widely in … more

7/28/10

Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, with his daughter Michaela, proposed a 2 percent property-tax cap during a news conference at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on Tuesday.

At N. Merrick senior center, Cuomo calls for tax cap

New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, stopped off at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on July 27 with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, to tout a statewide property-tax cap. more

Sari Zeidler | 7/27/10

Police commish takes residents’ questions

Bellmore and Merrick residents came out in force to voice their concerns about crime-related issues to Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey and local precinct representatives during a town meeting hosted by Legislator Dave Denenberg on Oct. 20 at the Merrick Library. More than a dozen Bellmore residents asked what police planned to do about a registered sex offender who moved closer thanthe county’s required 1,000 feet from a school, in this case, near Grand Avenue Middle School. more

Nancy Hiler | 7/26/10

Police charge two with crack possession in Merrick

Two men were arrested and charged in a crack cocaine deal that allegedly took place in a Burger King parking lot on Merrick Road in Merrick on July 22 at 6:35 p.m., police said. more

Sari Zeidler | 7/23/10

The Lighthouse dead zone

Last week, the Town of Hempstead unveiled its long-awaited plans for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property. While well intentioned, there is little chance that the town’s vision — or more accurately, lack of vision — will stir anyone’s imagination or solve any of the many problems facing Nassau County. more

7/22/10

Coach Allen Ma, center, has guided Kennedy's boys' volleyball team to back-to-back county titles and led the girls' team to a championship in 2008. Moving forward, he's sticking with the girls' program.

Nassau moves boys' volleyball to fall

To the disappointment of many coaches and student-athletes across Nassau County, the boys’ volleyball season has been moved from the spring to the fall, effective with the 2010-11 school year. more

Tony Bellissimo | 7/22/10

The allure of the sea: Among the many works featured in NCMA’s current exhibit are (from top): William Glackens’ Summer Day, Bellport, L.I., 1913; Maurice Prendergast’s By the Seashore, ca. 1902-04; Childe Hassam’s The North Gorge, Appledore, Isles of Shoals, 1912.

Reflections of the sea at Nassau County Museum of Art

Nassau County Museum of Art's current exhibition, “The Sea Around Us,” examines the artistic fascination with oceans and water, seen through the eyes of 19th and 20th century American and European artists. more

Karen Bloom | 7/21/10