Island Park News

Written by Timothy Bolger on Dec 23rd, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

One of the strangest and most tragic accidents in New York history occurred 49 years ago today when two planes, one United Airlines, the other TWA, collided in midair above New Dorp, Staten Island.

Island Park Mayor Jim Ruzicka says that a law designed to crack down on illegal apartments and absentee landlords is making a noticeable difference in the community nearly two years after it was enacted.

Shell Creek Park has become the latest focus for the IPCA's safety campaign. The group wants to see a full-time security guard stationed at the park to help make it more secure and to curtail alleged drug dealing.

Dr. Rosemarie Bovino, the superintendent of the Island Park Union Free School District, is reassuring parents that funds were not misused after an audit from the state comptroller's office reported that the district kept $1.7 million in its reserves.

The Greek Orthodox Church of Island Park is offering a free Thanksgiving lunch to those in need on Sunday, Nov.

The defining moment for The Bowery Presents might have been the day in summer 2007 when the concert-promotion company booked Arcade Fire, which was just breaking big on the indie-rock scene, for a show at Manhattan's Randall's Island Park.

A Long Island man has landed himself a spot behind bars for allegedly stealing religious artifacts and donations to the poor from a Roman Catholic church in Island Park, Nassau County police said.

Written by Associated Press on Oct 18th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

REASON TO WATCH: Tattooed-dude animal rescuers are so soft on pets, they come down hard on abusers.

They might be burly and be covered with tattoos, but on the inside, they're puppy dogs.

Made Event's inaugural Electric Zoo Festival at Randall's Island Park Saturday and Sunday is shaping up to be a world-class showcase of electronic dance music.

William ''Wild Bill'' Myers is a competitive eater. He enters contests that require him to down an enormous amount of food -- hot dogs, pizza, wings or the like -- in a limited period of time.

More than 200 people gathered July 31 in a section of Wellesley Island State Park adjacent to Thousand Island Park's Rock Ridges Nature Trail to unveil and dedicate the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Monument.

More than 200 people gathered July 31 in a section of Wellesley Island State Park adjacent to Thousand Island Park's Rock Ridges Nature Trail to unveil and dedicate the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Monument.

The rain is coming back. Maybe. The National Weather Service is predicting a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms beginning late this morning and continuing through the evening.

WHERE: Directions and guidance will be provided at Vivekananda Cottage at Thousand Island Park, Mountain Avenue, on the southwestern tip of Wellesley Island, at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Andrew Silverman, the owner of the troubled Steak Frites - which moved out of and back to its Union Square home in the last two years - and the City Crab/Lobster/Steak chain has filed for chapter 11 for his City Lobster & Steak restaurant on 6th and 49th.

ISLAND PARK, N.Y. - Authorities say a 2-year-old boy was critically injured on a backyard swing when a tree branch broke.

Talk about taking a bite out of crime. When an ex-con suspected of a New Cassel robbery lunged at the Nassau County police officer questioning him earlier this week, the officer's German shepherd, Thunder, had a fierce reaction involving his teeth and the suspect's thigh, authorities said.