The First Church of God in Elmont, led by Rev. Moni Mathew, is sponsoring a “Back To School Giveaway Bash” on Saturday Sept. 8. Bags of school supplies will be donated to local families on a …
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8/22/12
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A fire destroyed an East Bay Drive home just after midnight on Thursday, causing so much damage that the home is in the process of being demolished.
“I have deemed the building unsafe and …
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By Vanessa Canner
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6/28/12
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A 37-year-old man riding his bike in Valley Stream was seriously hurt when he was struck by a car, which fled the scene.
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6/4/12
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Barnum Woods fifth-grader Sophie Di Scala, 11, decided to collect donations for Island Harvest after reading about a Wisconsin 12-year-old, Zach Harmon, who was able to collect more than 2,000 donations last April.
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By Shannon Koehle
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5/25/12
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Mepham High School senior Kyle Wechsler skipped class last Wednesday morning. No, he hadn’t forgotten to study for a big test. Wechsler, 18, went to give blood in the school gymnasium.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/23/12
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After hundreds of accidents, dozens of deaths and years of waiting, Island Park residents finally got a small measure of vindication May 8 when the results of a county-backed traffic study confirmed …
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By Alex Costello
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5/16/12
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The East Meadow Kiwanis Club met up with local youth service organizations at W. T. Clarke High School to sort collected food into baskets for families that would not have had the funds to put together an Easter or Passover dinner.
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4/6/12
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East Meadow Kiwanians of all ages were out in the community last weekend collecting for the Holiday Food Drive at Waldbaum’s and Pathmark.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/29/12
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Salisbury Park Drive is a well-traveled, three-mile-long street that runs from Old Country Road to Newbridge Road. Hundreds of cars zip around the curved residential street — where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour — to avoid Hempstead Turnpike on the way home from work or on the way to the Roosevelt Field Mall.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/23/12
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A Bellmore man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Saturday, March 10. New York State Police received a call at 10:30 p.m. about an erratic white pickup truck traveling westbound on the Southern State Parkway near Route 109.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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3/12/12
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