East Rockaway News

Lynbrook pride spilled out over the packed gymnasium as family and friends gathered to salute the accomplishments of graduates of the Class of 2012 at Lynbrook High School's 42nd Annual Senior Awards Night.

The following information was supplied by the Nassau County and Long Beach police departments.

A Nassau County police officer was driving on Waverly Avenue in East Rockaway early on Sunday morning when his car was hit head-on by another vehicle.

ROBERT MOSES STATE PARK Current temperature 75 degrees...water temp 62 degrees...wave height 2-4 ft.....all lots OPEN SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK current temperature 70 degrees...water temp 65 degrees...wave height 1 ft...ALL PARKING LOTS OPEN A suspected drunken driver crashed head on into a moving Nassau County police car in East Rockaway, the ... (more)

Students from Williston Park, Floral Park, Seaford, Rockville Centre, Syosset and East Rockaway were recently honored by Nassau Executive Ed Mangano as student winners of the 2012 New York Humane Society Essay Contest.

Lynbrook will celebrate Patriots' Weekend starting Sunday, May 27 at Greis Park.

In SUFFOLK CNTY accident cleared on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY WB at DEER PARK AVE/RT-231/X42. Slow traffic from CR-4/X43 In SUFFOLK CNTY accident cleared on THE NORTHERN ST PKWY WB at DEER PARK AVE/RT-231/X42. Slow traffic from CR-4/X43 Nassau County police are investigating the gunpoint robbery of an East Rockaway branch in which two men -- one of them ... (more)

Two armed men walked into the Chase bank branch on Main Street in East Rockaway, moments after the last customer left for the night, according to police.

Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino announced this week that the President of the United States signed H.R. 2079, a bill that renames the East Rockaway Post Office in honor of the late John J. Cook, into law on May 15.A Santino, who grew up in East Rockaway and later served as a village trustee and deputy mayor, was touched by ... (more)

Virginia Walsh has seen it all. The East Rockaway resident, who celebrated her 95th birthday on Saturday, sat in her Rhame Avenue home on Thursday afternoon and reminisced about her rich life in the village.

A The radio station KJOY 98.3 has named an Island Trees teacher a finalist in this month's "Teacher of the Month." Angel Mitchell, a third grade teacher at Stokes Elementary School in Levittown, is one of six local teachers who were named finalists in the contest.The other five teachers are from Valley Stream, Cedahurst, Plainview, Lindenhurst and ... (more)

WASHINGTON A bill has passed in the Senate to rename an East Rockaway Post Office after John J. Cook, a dedicated and beloved postal worker.

BALDWIN, N.Y. - Catherine Scalia, the so-called "hot dog hooker, " had to pack up her cart Wednesday after local police chased her from her post for parking on private property and having a peddlers permit, reports CBS New York .

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano made the case for his proposed sewage system public-private partnership Wednesday night during an informational meeting at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh.

NEW YORK - Police in Nassau County have arrested 45-year-old Catherine Scalia after detectives say she was offering up more than kraut and relish from her roadside hot dog truck.

She says she'll be back in action tomorrow selling with a great two-for-one: hot dogs and striptease dancing.

Puppies, cats, bunnies, goats and a tortoise were among the animals hanging out at the Malverne Historical House on April 29.

Catherina Scalia, 45, an enterprising East Rockaway resident, decided to combine her epicurean talents with her horizontal dancing skills by a turning a venerable white vinyl-sided Dodge camper van into both a wiener mobile and advertising platform for her "Strips-R-Us" topless cleaning service.A However Nassau County Police Department detectives, ... (more)

Facing a $3 billion debt, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano recently announced his intent to pursue a public-private partnership to operate and maintain the county's three sewage treatment plants.

A Long Island hooker sold more than just sausage at her roadside hot-dog truck - using the truck to peddle her own flesh even though she'd been busted on the same rap eight years ago, cops said yesterday.