2019-08-16 E-Edition

Overdose Awareness Day Bike Ride

The Town of Oyster Bay is partnering with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin and Nassau County for a Bike Ride from Syosset/Woodbury Park to TOBAY Beach in recognition of National Overdoes Awareness Day. The Bike Ride will take place on Friday, August 30th with motorcyclists invited to ride from Syosset/Woodbury Community Park down to TOBAY Beach, at which […]

Overdose Awareness Day Motorcycle Ride

The Town of Oyster Bay is partnering with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin and Nassau County for a Bike Ride from Syosset/Woodbury Park to TOBAY Beach in recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day. The Bike Ride will take place on Friday, August 30th with motorcyclists invited to ride from Syosset/Woodbury Community Park down to TOBAY Beach, at which […]

Pipeline projects, environmental impacts topics at Sen. Gaughran’s Town Hall


Concerns over changing environmental and related economic and quality of life factors on Long Island, in the greater New York City area and nationwide were addressed with a rare public meeting for residents to speak their minds on non-legislative matters. With a capacity crowd of 120 people on hand, New York State Senator Jim Gaughran, who represents North Shore communities […]

Greater LI Running Club makes donation to Hope for the Warriors

The Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) was pleased  to make a donation  to Hope for the Warriors out of the proceeds of the May 2019 Long Island Greenbelt Trail 50K and 25K Runs. Greenbelt Trail Runs Director Nick Palazzo and GLIRC Executive Director Sue Fitzpatrick presented a check in the amount of $500 to Team Hope for the Warriors […]

New bills will help curb trend of bike ‘ride-outs’


A dangerous trend for kids has emerged this summer riding their bicycles and scooters on some of the County’s major thoroughfares. They are called ride-outs, where kids bait drivers on the road by darting in and out of oncoming traffic and swerving at the last minute to avoid collisions. As a result of these so-called ride-outs, Nassau County legislators have […]

Youth movement: Legislator rallies local students over summer


Syosset High School Class of 2012 graduate, former Syosset Board of Education trustee and current Nassau County Legislator Joshua A. Lafazan is running for re-election this fall in District 18. He was first elected to public office on the school board at age 18, and Lafazan was the second youngest public servant to be elected in New York State. At […]

This Week at the Jericho Public Library

2019 Nassau Library Tour Now through August 30th Join the 2019 Nassau Library Tour! Visit as many of Nassau’s public libraries as you can. Take the self-guided tour as a family, a team of friends or go solo. Each library has a unique feature to hunt for, and you’ll earn prizes as you go along. Get started by picking up […]

College Notes

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Spring 2019 Provost’s List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Zachary Arenella of East Norwich Camilla Grimaldi of Glen Head Elisa Grimaldi of Glen Head Brittany Hickey of Jericho Sameem Khwaja of Glen Head Mark Kornfeld of Glen Head Nicole Lamanna of Glen Head Paige Mahler of […]

This week at the Syosset Public Library

The Rise and Fall of Comedy Teams Thursday, August 15 at 2 p.m. Free Presenter: Sal St. George, playwright and pop culture historian For years we have enjoyed comedy duos such as Martin & Lewis, Laurel & Hardy, The Smothers Brothers, Rowan & Martin, Stiller & Meara, Allen & Rossi, The Ritz Brothers and more. We will view hilarious clips of their […]