Last week, the Village of Rockville Centre received confirmation that the office building at 2 Lincoln Ave. is safe and ready for tenants to move back in. Engineers hired by the building’s … more

Doug Gerber, owner of the Smith Street Deli in Merrick, recently donated 500 turkeys to Long Island Cares –– The Harry Chapin Food Bank in Hauppauge. more

With the help of school staff and fellow students, the student council at the Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne held a two-week holiday food drive that resulted in the collected of more than … more

More than a dozen members of the RVC Youth Council volunteered at the Vineyard Church food pantry on Nov. 20. They helped bag fresh produce and turkeys, as well as canned and boxed goods for the more … more

“It was like being in a car accident,” said Sue Balfe, the executive practice administrator for Hatsis Laser Vision. Balfe was describing the events of Nov. 23 at 2 Lincoln Ave., when the … more

Two workers were seriously injured in Lynbrook on Saturday when the pole they were both holding was blown into a power line, causing a severe shock to both men. According to Nassau County detectives, the men, who were working for Brook Window Cleaning, headquartered on Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook, were preparing to wash the windows at Bank of America, at 300 Merrick Road, using 
a telescoping washing pole. Nicholas Genovese 58, of Staten Island, and his co-worker, Alan Weinberg 64, of Long Beach, were standing on the ground, both holding the bottom of the pole. Weinberg was “footing” — or bracing — the pole while Genovese was walking it up the building when a gust of wind blew the pole into a nearby power line. Both men were thrown to the ground by the shock.
 According to detectives, two … more

After a nearly five-day search, police have arrested a man in connection with last week's robbery at Capital One Bank in East Meadow. more

First National Bank of Long Island recently opened a branch in Bellmore, and joining in the celebration were a host of local elected leaders. The bank has provided personal service since 1927, according to officials of this Island institution. more

The Nassau County Robbery Squad is investigating a bank robbery that took place last Friday at 8:55 a.m. at Astoria Federal Savings Bank in East Rockaway. According to detectives, two men, one armed with a black automatic pistol, entered the bank, at 464 Atlantic Ave. One man held bank personnel at gunpoint while another vaulted the counter and removed currency from three teller stations. After demanding access to the bank vault, which he was told employees could not open, the second man forced a teller to open the ATM safe, where he removed more money. The suspeects then fled in an unknown direction. more

Joseph Mo Pun Lau, the reputed head of a Chinese crime game, arrested at 80 S. Centre Ave. in Rockville Centre on July 9, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of illegally re-entering the United States during a Sept. 23 appearance in federal court in Hartford, Conn. more