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Town Supervisor Laura Gillen with Oceanside homeowner Michael Cascio, who was told five years after Hurricane Sandy that he needed to elevate his house because of damage it sustained during the storm.

Gillen seeks audit of town Building Department

Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/24/19

One of the projects in the works this year for Oceanside is Woodcrest Village Park, a $60 million, 230-unit rental apartment complex on Rockaway Avenue. It is the former site of a 105-unit building that was demolished after being damaged during Hurricane Sandy.

Major projects in Oceanside, Island Park on tap for 2019

By all accounts, 2019 should be a year in which officials in Oceanside and Island Park get things done. There are a number of projects on tap for both areas, which officials said they expect to either start or complete in the new year. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/10/19

Residents who live on the corner of Long Beach Road and Franklin Place have asked the county to inspect deteriorating road conditions.

Oceanside residents raise concerns over severe road conditions

On a daily basis, Oceanside resident Rita Paragas’s home violently shakes because of trucks driving along South Long Beach Road — between Foxhurst and Merrick roads. Paragas is one of many people in the community calling on the county to fix the road. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 1/10/19

Town of Hempstead officials consider Oceanside solar farm

A capped landfill on Long Beach Road, across from Kohl’s in Oceanside, could offer space for a solar farm powering 1,500 homes under a Town of Hempstead initiative. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 12/20/18

Developers from the Arlington, Va.-based AvalonBay Communities pitched an idea for a $90 million, 172-unit apartment complex for Harbor Isle on Dec. 11.

Apartment complex coming to Harbor Isle in Island Park

The Town of Hempstead Board heard plans from a developer on Dec. 11 to build a $90 million, 172-unit luxury apartment complex at the site of the former Harbor Isle petroleum facility in Island Park. more

By Michael Smollins | 12/20/18

The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted 6-1 to only publish town legal notices and requests for bids in the Suffolk-based Long Island Business News.

Hempstead Town will only publish notices in Suffolk-based LIBN

The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted 6-1 to only publish legal and bid notices in the Suffolk County-based Long Island Business News in 2019. more

By Erik Hawkins | 12/13/18

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen and the town board unanimously voted to approve a $2.5 million bond to cover a settlement to a driver who was injured in a crash after a town-employed sanding truck driver ran a red light in February 2013.

Town of Hempstead approves $2.5M bond for crash victim

The Hempstead Town Board last month approved a $2.5 million bond to cover a settlement to a driver who was injured in a crash with a town sand truck in Oceanside in 2013. more

By Michael Smollins | 12/13/18

Six Lynbrook firefighters were honored by Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen for saving a Lynbrook woman’s life in April. Above, from left, EMT Shannon Tracey, former Captain/EMT Cathy Bien, First Lieutenant/ EMT Kaitlyn Curran, Firefighter/EMT Alex Mertz, Second Lieutenant/EMT Kacie Curran, and Lynbrook Fire Department Third Assistant Chief John Donald with, from right, LFD Chief William Abrams, and Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach.

Six Lynbrook firefighters honored by Town of Hempstead for saving woman's life

Six Lynbrook firefighters who were part of a team of first responders who helped save the life of a Lynbrook mother in April were honored by Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen on Nov. 29 at the town’s annual Firematic Awards ceremony at Town Hall. more

By Steve Grogan | 12/6/18

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy announced on Tuesday that 28 villages are suing the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and New York state, seeking a greater share of sales tax revenue.

Villages suing for $21.5M share of sales tax revenue

Twenty-eight villages in Nassau County, including Freeport, are suing New York state, the county and the towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, seeking what they believe is their fair share of state sales tax revenues. more

By Nadya Nataly | 11/15/18

Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.

Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget

The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more

By Erik Hawkins | 11/10/18

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