Nassau County News

In SUFFOLK CNTY accident on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB west of X61/PATCHOGUE/HOLBROOK RD .

There's a part of Tanner's Pond Road that's about as nondescript as any byway you might find abutting any number of suburban sumps around Long Island.

Wednesday was a great day to be a Trojan. Garden City's varsity girls lacrosse team won the Nassau County Class B championship on May 30, just three hours after GC's boys captured the same title in their league.

Garden City's varsity girls lacrosse team is heading into the second half of the Nassau County Class B Championship match with a small lead, 7-5, over Wantagh.

The following information was supplied by the Nassau County and Long Beach police departments.

Triple A gave one Garden City student an A+ for his artwork. "Be Aware! Cross with Care!" was the message that Stratford third-grader Nicholas Ragas illustrated in the construction paper cutout he submitted for the 2012 Triple A Traffic and Safety Poster contest.

The Community Parent Center in cooperation with the Nassau County Traffic Safety Board, Nassau Pediatric Society and the Long Island Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics will join thousands of youth safety organization across the U.S. during the sixth annual month of focus on youth traffic safety, Global Youth Traffic Safety Month.A This campaign ... (more)

An early morning fire at a vacant Levittown house on Gardiners Ave. was extinguished without incident Wednesday and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation, according to Levittown Fire Chief Scott Fisher.

A A Farmingdale man and his brother were arrested and accused of robbery Wednesday.

The role of the Federal Government in the housing industry, especially after the creation of the Federal Housing Authority in 1934, has always been a subject of intense debate in suburbia.

The following information was supplied by the Long Beach Police Department/Nassau County Police Department.

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The 25th Annual Nassau County Strawberry Festival , hosted by the Bellmore Lions and Kiwanis Clubs , will start on Thursday evening and run through Sunday.

One key sticking point during MP's application process was a state mandate to set aside at least 10 percent of the units for affordable housing.

In HAUPPAUGE long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY EB between RT-454/VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY and RT-111/HAUPPAUGE RD in SMITHTOWN In HAUPPAUGE long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY EB between RT-454/VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY and RT-111/HAUPPAUGE RD in SMITHTOWN In SMITHTOWN long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY ... (more)

The following information was supplied by the Nassau County and Long Beach police departments.

Nassau County Police are looking for a woman who was allegedly part of an altercation at 7-Eleven at 2138 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow Monday.

The following information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

A As out-of-town beachgoers in Long Beach drove home on Memorial Day evening, they found the northbound lane on the Michael Valenti Memorial Long Beach Bridge was stuck in the upright position, apparently for several hours.

"A veteran is someone who made a check payable to the United States of America in the amount of and up to including their lives," Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said just before noon Monday on the ledge of the Mineola Memorial Library overlooking Memorial Park and the 30-plus people gathered below him.