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Light Rain Ocean Parkway Greenway gets 10-mile, $16.2M extension
The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway Shared Use Path, a path for walkers, runners and bicyclists that extends east of Jones Beach, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, …
Library joins battle against global publisher
Libraries band together in “eBooks for all” quest
With the increased popularity of third-party vendors like Amazon and Audible, large publishing companies have started to alter their eBook licensing models to limit public libraries’ access to the …
Police: Shotgun-wielding Wantagh man charged with menacing and harassment
A Wantagh man was arrested and charged with menacing and harassment after he wielded a shotgun to threaten a 62-year-old grandmother and her grandson, according to Nassau County police.
Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension
The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. …
Music comes full circle in Seaford
Former middle school student lands dream job
Twelve years ago, Nick Coacci sat in the middle of the Seaford Middle School band, bass clarinet at the ready, waiting expectantly for the conductor’s down beat. These days, it’s the fresh-faced …
At Vintage Bar it’s all for laughs
The Vintage Bar & Lounge in Wantagh, the site of weekly open mics hosted by comedian, writer and improv teacher D.B. Frick, is a dim and unapologetically honest comedy venue. George Carlin, Eddie …
2020 budget includes tax cut, revenue hike
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen submitted her tentative budget for 2020 on Monday, which featured a 1.73 percent property tax rollback as part of her response to what she called the …
Kiwanis food drive a success
The Seaford Kiwanis Club hosted a food drive in coordination with opening day for the Long Island Broncos youth football league at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford on Sept. 22. The community food drive …
MacArthur celebrates perfect Homecoming
It just doesn’t get much better. Perfect weather, vintage muscle cars, beautiful high school boys and girls performing perfectly executed routines … these are the days from which lasting high …
Seaford, Wantagh schools institute flexible seatings
Sitting by the security vestibule at Seaford Harbor Elementary School last week, a pair of venerable students’ desks made of cast iron and oak sat ready, at long last, for retirement. They were …
Op-Ed
Multifamily housing caught in its own ‘Groundhog Day’
Remember Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day”? He played a TV reporter repeating Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., again and again. I often feel the same when I look back at my 20 years of public meetings and debates about multifamily housing’s effects on Long Island schools.
Op-Ed
1969: watershed in a decade of change
By now, nearly every publication has written about the iconic moments in the summer of 1969 when humankind seemed to take a collective breath and move forward . . .
50 years on, and the space race still resonates
This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the safe return of the Apollo 11 crew after a 476,000-mile round trip to the moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins splashed down in the …