Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray declared a snow emergency on Thursday evening, and road crews have been out ever since clearing up to eight inches of snow that fell overnight.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/3/14
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Town of Hempstead officials began preparing for a snowstorm set to hit the area tonight and tomorrow on Dec. 31, when they announced preparations they are making for the blizzard. Supervisor Kate Murray said plowing and salting crews are readying equipment to battle the Thursday and Friday’s storm. Because of Friday’s single-digit temperature projections, she added, 14 warming centers will be open over the course of the next two days throughout the town.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/2/14
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About halfway through the pilot program testing the village’s new parking meters, Mayor Francis Murray announced at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday that the devices would be …
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By Alex Costello and John Maher
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12/11/13
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Mary Lou Murray, the wife of former Rockville Centre Mayor Gene Murray and the mother of the current mayor, Francis Murray, died on Monday. She was 84.
Murray was known for always being by her …
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By Alex Costello
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12/4/13
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One of the newest ideas to fix Nassau County’s broken assessment system is also going to be one of the most difficult to implement: let someone else do it.
The county is exploring the …
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By Alex Costello
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11/20/13
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More than a month after a contentious hearing, the Hempstead Town Board on Nov. 12 unanimously rejected a proposed $90 million development of 32 condominiums and 140 rental units on a former oil …
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By Howard Schwach
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11/19/13
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Local business and community leaders reacted positively to a plan announced last week to redevelop a site on Austin Boulevard that previously housed a Ruby Tuesday restaurant and the Long Beach Motor …
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By Howard Schwach
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11/12/13
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Two weeks into the three-month-long trial of new parking meters on Park Avenue, the reaction from many village residents has been confusion, if not downright anger.
The meters, a joint venture …
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By Alex Costello and John Maher
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11/6/13
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Ruby Tuesday’s was often crowded by diners who craved the restaurant’s Creole-style food and garden bar. In contrast, there were few local residents who craved having the Long Beach Motor Inn in …
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11/5/13
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As it has in the past, the Herald once again endorses incumbent Kate Murray for Town of Hempstead supervisor without reservation.
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10/30/13
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