Franklin Square News

A Saratoga Springs man driving drunk and the wrong way on the Northway landed himself and one other person in a hospital after a head-on collision late Wednesday night, State Police said.

Now that the government consolidation bill has been signed into law by Governor David Paterson, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has set up a website with instructions for citizens on how to go about dissolving or consolidating governments.

Two Elmont men remained in jail Monday after a July Fourth altercation at a Franklin Square restaurant in which they smashed beer bottles against the heads of two other men.

In the spirit of celebration the nationa s independence, Nassau County Clerk Maureen Oa Connell announced a program to benefit those who have served to preserve independence.

An upstate New York teenager is among the nearly two dozen people awarded Carnegie medals for heroism.

Pope Benedict XVI greets Mary Zwilling with NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan and his mother Shirley at the Vatican in Rome.

Its a balancing act. Preserving suburbia -- the mantra of local officials -- and bowing to progress .

Back in 2006, The Community Alliance first broached the subject, on this very blog, of a "fix" for the decline of Hempstead Town's most infamous thoroughfare, Hempstead Turnpike -- Long Island's "Twenty Miles of Ugly." Well, here we are, four years down the road, literally, and but for minor stretches of designated "streetscaping" -- where often ...

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 3,000 -- Newly constructed, this Colonial boasts of "impeccable attention to detail" that yields charm in the form of crown moldings, a gas fireplace in the great room, a big granite and cherrywood kitchen and a Jacuzzi in the master bathroom.

Shoppers Village once was the place to hang out -- the place where the scent of pickles hung in the air and couples bought ankle bracelets and engraved double-heart key chains.

June 7, 2009, New Hyde Park , L.I. Michele, 27, a property administrator, and Christopher, 26, Local 94 engineer helper, met at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square in 1994.

WEST NYACK - The sign on the stage at the Jesse J. Kaplan School yesterday read 'Yes we can.' This wasn't a political rally, however.

Imagine waking up one morning to a 40-foot pole in front of your house - which you were never notified about - that is adorned with a metal box and an antenna sticking out through the top.

Internet retailer KitchenBath.com has begun work on a new showroom in Franklin Square, NY.

Darlene Sperico may have to move her backyard party and guests into her home this weekend - not because of the rain, but because of the stench.

Staten Island : Having been in the veterinary field for more than 30 years, I can tell you that Cheyenne Cherry is clearly showing the beginning signs of a demented mind.

On the west side of 16th St. NW, a little bit north of Walter Reed, there is a tree.

Kathy and Mike Ziolo with their 3-year-old triplets: Isabella, left, Ryan and Ashley.

Brooklyn : You erred in failing to include Mayor Abe Beame among Democratic mayors.

Nassau County Executive, Tom Suozzi, pointed his finger at the planted hecklers at a rally held Wednesday, verbally scratching his head, wondering how any work was getting done in the Town of Hempstead that day.