Little-Neck News

Monday, May 28 is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and opening day at public beaches, pool clubs, and beach clubs.

It's time once again to review the top news items from the past week. It was a quiet week for news, but next week promises to be a busy one as the nation's largest Memorial Day parade marches through Douglaston and Little Neck.

This week's blockbuster story was a poll on whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo should allow hydrofracking in New York State.

The Westmoreland Association will hold its last meeting before the summer on May 21 at the Community Church of Little Neck .

A new report by a real estate search engine listed one Douglaston block and another in Little Neck among the borough's top 10 most expensive streets.

The MTA's announcement that it is restoring mid-day half-hourly service on the Port Wasdhington LIRR branch contains some strange logic.

Police are investigating the early morning robbery of an armored car driver on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck, a spokesman for the 111 th Precinct said.

A U.S. Army unit that has just returned from Iraq will be the grand marshals of this year's Douglaston Little Neck Memorial Day Parade , the march's chairman said.

The Little Neck Douglaston Ambulance Corps is aiming to promote safety and raise funds for its operations during the third annual EMS Celebration Day on May 20.

Welcome to About Town, Douglaston-Little Neck Patch's one-stop post for all of the events, meetings, top stories and other important information you need to know about for the upcoming week.