Massapequa News

A Bethpage man who admitted to driving drunk behind the wheel and killing a cyclist before fleeing the scene in a January 2011 accident was released from jail after spending one year behind bars, according to an exclusive report published Thursday by the Long Island Press.

As gardeners, we have many decisions to make during spring: Should we expand the garden and shrink the lawn? Start vegetables from seeds or buy starter plants? Without fail, the one decision I struggle with each year is how to balance the ratio of new perennials, which typically bloom for just a few weeks each season and take several years to ... (more)

Detectives are investigating a break-in at a Massapequa electronics store in which several phones and iPads were stolen, police said Tuesday.

As gardeners, we have many decisions to make during spring: Should we expand the garden and shrink the lawn? Start vegetables from seeds or buy starter plants? Without fail, the one decision I struggle with each year is how to balance the ratio of new perennials, which typically bloom for just a few weeks each season and take several years to ... (more)

Flooding on The L.I.E./I-495 EB approaching x33/Community Dr. Stop and go traffic from x32/Little Neck Pkwy in Queens Flooding on The L.I.E./I-495 EB approaching x33/Community Dr.

The smell of fried carnival fare and beer wafted down Central Avenue as I was snapping my last few photos of patrons from BlA1 4Planet for Free Comic Book Day last Saturday.

On Saturday, May 4 a successful ride on the big slide at the Massapequa Community Street Fair warranted a photo, and she was happy to oblige.

Sponsoring the celebration are the YES Community Counseling Center, the Massapequa Public Schools, the Chamber of Commerce of the Massapequas, and the Massapequa Council of PTAs "After all we have been through, we decided that we need something like this," said Jamie Bogenshutz, director of the Yes Community Counseling Center.

Clearly advertised as "professional tattooing," Mike Rubendall's New York City and Long Island shops were launched "kind of from the opposite side of where I came in," says Miller, and he doesn't mean East Coast-West Coast.

Accident on The Southern St Pkwy EB at Wantagh Ave/X28. Stop and go traffic from Wantagh Pkwy/X27 in Nassau Cnty as reported by tip line LONG ISLAND MARATHON CLOSURES FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M.: BOTH WAYS NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY RAMPS TO WANTAGH STATE PARKWAY AND POST AVE In Nassau Cnty ramps closed on The Northern St Pkwy EB between Post Ave/X32 ... (more)

Like most, if not all, of your subscribers, I was significantly affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Bridal Reflections has been serving generations of brides, their families and their wedding parties for the past 40 years.

I've taken over as the editor of this publication and I am so looking forward to learning more about the beautiful communities of Massapequa, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and Plainedge, and serving you, our faithful readers.

His father and business partner, Raymond Lavallee, his eldest daughter, Laura Lavallee, and several close friends, joined the Massapequa native for the occasion.

This week marked six months since Superstorm Sandy left entire communities devastated, families homeless, and many with little hope.

Three men from Massapequa were arrested Saturday after an argument between the men escalated with one brandishing a knife and stabbing the other two, Nassau County police said Sunday.

In today's climate of ever-shrinking funding, hard decisions need to be made in order to balance the school budget.

A North Massapequa man has been charged in attempts to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax at two pharmacies with prescription slips stolen from his doctor, Nassau County police said.