Locust Valley News

A band of thunderstorms - and, possibly, even a tornado - that barraged Long Island with strong, gusting winds, teeming rains and even hail overnight downed trees and left thousands without electricity.

When the mayor of Patchogue publicly howled about being turned down for stimulus funding to add 1,000 homes and three South Shore downtowns to his sewer system, more than a few people shook their heads about some projects that were ahead of Patchogue in line.

The Oyster Bay Town Board put itself on the line as it put up a resolution on the May 26 meeting agenda to prohibit street side solicitation.

A roaring fire is the cold-weather equivalent of an ocean view: Looking at it while you dine instantly improves the quality of your meal.

We truly live in a wonderful community, filled with so much activity and so many community-minded people, and our Farmersa Markets are no exception.

Week Two of the Clark Rockefeller Case: the ex-wife tells all. WEEK TWO, DAY ONE There is great anticipation about Sandra Boss's appearance.

Officials at the Eastport South Manor School District are considering joining a program in which students can earn as much as a year's worth of college credits by working toward a special two-year high school diploma.

We can't mention the two English streets that top the list of "Most Unique Street Names" featured Wednesday on the Internet site WalletPop.

Despite the odds heavily stacked against him, chess expert Andy Ansel was looking forward to the challenge; it was by far his largest.

Readers of "The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund" will be disappointed if they expect to find out exactly what it is that hedge funds are designed to hedge against.

There was a ground-breaking Thursday, April 16 for the pumping station for The Birches neighborhood in Locust Valley.

After 40 years of "sewer suffering," Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto were joined by Nassau County Presiding Officer Diane Yatauro, Oyster Bay Town Councilwoman Elizabeth Faughnan, New York State Senator Carl Marcellino and area residents to announce the beginning of construction on a new ...

Saying his crime was an "egregious and shocking betrayal of trust," a federal judge sentenced a former Garden City stockbroker to 12 years and 7 months in prison Wednesday for swindling $4.5 million from clients, including the parents of some of his daughters' classmates at Friends Academy in Locust Valley.

A project intended to end the decades-long flooding and sewage woes of a Locust Valley neighborhood got under way Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony.

The Town of Oyster Bay is coming up with an innovative way to handle the issue of day laborers compromising the quality of life of Locust Valley residents.

Oyster Bay town board members said this week they will be passing anti-loitering laws aimed at day laborers.

"Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I dona t know what to say about what I paint, really." - Balthasar Klossowski de Rola Tria Gallery to present Frank Olt ~ Selected Works New York City - Tria Gallery is presenting our next exhibition of selected works by Frank Olt: abstract works that cross over between a variety ...

Locust Valley, New York athlete Marc Mauro is playing a bit of catch up, as he went down to an injury in the third game of his junior season.

There was a time not long ago when Marina Stern of Great Neck would buy a $1,500 shirt without thinking twice.

The author, George Gurley, as a young man. It's there every time I look out my bedroom window on Roosevelt Island: Manhattan.