Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Nassau County officials are pushing back on a payroll tax increase intended to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s five-year capital plan for infrastructure upgrades across New York’s transit system.
The Wantagh Board of Education has adopted an estimated $94.7 million spending plan for 2025-26, which aims to enhance educational programs, maintain class sizes, support building improvements and introduce new high school courses.
Participants gathered at Jones Beach for the 2025 Walk Like MADD Long Island event on May 4, rallying on the boardwalk to raise awareness and funds to end impaired driving.
The auditorium at Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh came alive with music, laughter and a bit of magic on May 3 as the Mainstage Players opened their production of Mary Poppins.
The Levittown Community Council marked Earth Day with a community-wide cleanup on April 27 at Veterans Memorial Park.
The Mainstage Players of Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh are ready to hit the stage this month for four performances of the whimsical musical adventure, “Mary Poppins.”
The Wantagh Chamber of Commerce celebrated the contributions of several members during its annual installation and awards dinner on April 23. The event, which attracted dozens of guests, took place at Gatsby on the Ocean at Jones Beach’s historic West Bathhouse.
Thousands of residents lined the streets of Wantagh on Sunday, April 27, to celebrate the Nassau County Police Department’s 100th anniversary with a street parade and block party.
The Wantagh Lions Club continued its tradition of encouraging fourth graders to plant trees in observance of Arbor Day, delivering more than 200 saplings to students in the Wantagh School District.
The gym at Maria Regina School in Seaford transformed into a spooky stage for a two-night run of The Addams Family on April 4 and 5, as student performers brought the eerie charm of Wednesday Addams, Lucas Beineke and the rest of the cast to life.
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In New York, across the country and around the world, people are experiencing a loneliness epidemic that humankind has never seen before.
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With social media fanning the fires of coffee rituals and preferences, you can’t just grab a cup of joe anymore.
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I just returned from Pope Francis’s funeral. It was a great honor to be a member of the small official U.S. delegation. As his simple wooden coffin, marked by a plain cross, emerged into the Rome sunlight, a ripple of applause rose from the crowd — a spontaneous act of gratitude for a man who lived a life of service, humility and love.