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Hempstead Town to commemorate victims of Sept. 11 in sunrise memorial ceremony.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen will be joined by police officers, firefighters and local clergy to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. at Point Lookout Town Park (1300 Lido Blvd, Lido Beach) more

9/6/18

A rendering of Molloy College’s proposed residence hall, which the $15 million in tax-exempt bonds, if approved, would fund.

Molloy College gets preliminary OK for tax-exempt bonds to build new residence hall

Molloy College is one step closer to securing bonds to begin constructing a new residence hall on its campus in Rockville Centre. more

By Ben Strack | 8/30/18

Town of Hempstead removes hundreds of dead fish from East Rockaway basin

The Town of Hempstead Department of Conservation and Waterways removed hundreds of dead fish from East Rockaway’s basin on Aug. 22 and disposed of them at the Covanta waste facility in Westbury. more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/29/18

Get your senior ID in East Rockaway

Representatives from the Town of Hempstead Clerk’s Office will be at the East Rockaway Public Library on Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. to provide senior citizens with a free identification card more

8/29/18

Villages suing for $20 million

With Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy leading the effort, 13 villages are suing Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead for not fairly sharing sales tax revenue with the villages. Kennedy filed a … more

By Nadya Nataly | 8/24/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, pictured in her office last week, said that Republican town officials, including council members and the receiver of taxes, amounted to “a corrupt machine trying to take power from the people,” following a series of heated meetings in which her proposals were blocked from debate.

Is bipartisanship dead in the Town of Hempstead?

When Laura Gillen took the reins in January as the first Democratic supervisor in the Town of Hempstead in more than 100 years, residents, and even some members of the Republican-majority Town Board, expressed hope for a new era of cooperation and transparency. more

By Erik Hawkins | 8/23/18

East Rockaway Mayor Bruno Romano said the village and other municipalities have been shortchanged by Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead over sales-tax reimbursement.

Lynbrook, East Rockaway villages join sales-tax lawsuit against Town of Hempstead, Nassau County

The board of trustees for Lynbrook and East Rockaway each voted last month to join Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy’s lawsuit alleging the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County do not provide villages with a fair share of sales-tax reimbursement. more

By Melissa Koenig and Nadya Nataly | 8/9/18

Rockville Centre joins Freeport's lawsuit against town, county to collect villages' ‘fair share’ of sales tax

Rockville Centre’s Board of Trustees on July 19 voted to join the Village of Freeport’s claims and litigation against the state, the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County to collect the village’s “fair share” of sales tax revenue. more

Nadya Nataly and Ben Strack | 8/9/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen blasted a resolution put forth by Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney that, if passed, would no longer require a Town Board vote to give cost-of-living raises to appointed town officials.

Gillen criticizes $800,000 in raises for appointees

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen denounced a proposed measure on Aug. 2 that would extend civil-service worker pay scales to appointed employees, effectively giving them a combined $800,000 … more

By Peter Belfiore | 8/6/18

In front of the podium was 2-year-old Charlotte, a pit bull mix who was described as friendly and playful and eager to be adopted.

Spanish is now a choice at animal shelter

More than five years after a language barrier mishap led to the unintended euthanizing of two pit bulls by the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh, the shelter’s paperwork is now available … more

By Eden Laikin | 8/2/18

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