Baldwin News

A home burglary was foiled Monday night in Baldwin when an 81-year-old woman, sleeping in a chair, woke up and yelled when she saw a man in the hallway, causing him to leave the house on the run, Nassau County police said.

Oceanside area residents will vote Thursday in a rare contested election for commissioner of a sanitation district that serves more than 13,000 households.

Baldwin Middle School is at 3211 Schreiber Pl. in Baldwin. It is part of the Baldwin Union Free School District.

The Kellogg House in Baldwin is owned by Nassau County, which plans to build a police station on the site.

In North Merrick road construction. two lanes closed on The Southern St Pkwy WB between Merrick Ave/X24 and Nassau Rd/X21 in Nassau Cnty In North Merrick road construction.

Historical photo of the Kellogg House in Baldwin, built in 1900 at the behest of a Civil War veteran named George Sumner Kellogg.

A man with a silver handgun robbed a Baldwin hotel early Friday, stealing cash before fleeing the scene, Nassau County police said.

Rafael Garcia, 37, of Central Islip, was arrested on a charge of forcible touching and faces arraignment Friday after police said the employee for Bob's Discount Furniture touched a Baldwin woman while delivering furniture Tuesday.

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with the theft of a pocketbook at a Laundromat in Baldwin.

A police dog early Tuesday tracked down a Baldwin man wanted for violating an order of protection in Roslyn Heights, police said.

A grassroots effort to preserve a century-old Baldwin house has achieved at least one success: Nassau County, which owns the home and had planned to demolish it to make room for a new First Precinct police station, instead will relocate it to another spot on the site.

It works like a charm . I head towards my. class on Modern British Literature. My students put their phones away and make sure their books are open to right page because they hear the distinctive clank of two heavy bracelets as I walked down the hallway.

Catherina Scalia, 47, of 12 Maxwell St., was charged with unauthorized practice, a felony, and with prostitution, a misdemeanor.

Democratic Legis. Joseph Scannell, left, of Baldwin and Republican Legis. Joe Belesi of Farmingdale will not seek another term, party officials said.