A massive storm dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the Merrick-Bellmore area from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain was falling at a rate of more than an inch an hour.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/14/11
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The East Meadow Fire Department participated in the 3rd Battalion parade last Saturday evening in Valley Stream.
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8/12/11
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A Long Beach bound train was delayed on the Long Island Rail Road bridge after a man passed out on the train tracks in Long Beach Wednesday evening, a Long Beach Fire Department official said. …
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Chris Engelhardt
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8/11/11
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Two elderly residents were treated for smoke inhalation and a Long Beach firefighter was taken to a local hospital following a car fire at an East End apartment building Wednesday evening.
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By Chris Engelhardt
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8/11/11
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The Lakeview and Malverne Fire Departments, participated in the 3rd Battalion parade last Saturday evening in Valley Stream. More than two dozen fire departments from across Nassau County and New …
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8/10/11
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To put it nicely, Malverne’s former Woodland Nursery property is decrepit. The sagging, vine-covered chain-link fence that surrounds the 100-year-old Franklin Avenue estate is torn and worn. …
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By Lee Landor
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8/10/11
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Marilyn Moscola said she couldn’t help but exclaim “God Bless America” as members of Boy Scout Troop 116 handed out miniature American flags to parade-goers lining Rockaway Avenue last Saturday. The 40-year resident said seeing the members of the Valley Stream Fire Department march in unison behind the boys was equally stirring.
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/10/11
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More than 70 people lined up outside the front doors of the Malverne firehouse to donate blood July 20. The number would have been higher, according to blood drive coordinate Billy Howe, except that …
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8/4/11
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Four weeks into his tenure as mayor, Francis Murray is a busy man — and has many plans for Rockville Centre.
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Judy Rattner
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8/3/11
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I’m a history buff. I love the kernels of knowledge that one can find from reading history textbooks.
But what I love even more than history is researching history, whether actively or …
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Alex Costello
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8/3/11
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