Plane noise intensity is diluted in tabulations

Lately, it seems, the plane noise in Malverne has been even more bothersome than usual. When Malverne held its 9/11 candlelight vigil last week, it was in the middle of a six-hour period in which dozens of planes roared overhead, making it almost impossible to hear Deputy Mayor Patricia Fitzpatrick during the ceremony. Malvernite Elaine Miller, who keeps track of planes flying over the village, said that from Sept. 1-8, 270 to 300 planes had flown over her house each day. “On Sept. 8, they sent us another 60 planes on top of that,” she said. “It was a solid 14 to 17 hours per day of plane noise.”

The path to safer roads in Valley Stream

Discussions about road safety in Valley Stream began again after a Central High School student was hit by a car on Sept. 13 at the intersection of West Merrick Road and Fletcher Avenue — just one block west of the site of a crash that killed 12-year-old Zachary Ranftle in December 2014.

Hollywood comes to East Rockaway!

Screening of high school alumnus Don Murray’s documentary set for October 20

When Don Murray was asked in July about his memories of East Rockaway High School’s Rock Rivalry, the 80-year-old interclass competition the high school, the film star replied, “That’s where it …

Burke now calling Harbor home

Principal excited for first year at elementary school

Whether they were enrolled at Mandalay Elementary or one of two local middle schools, Thomas Burke’s students have always looked up to him — literally. Standing at 6 feet tall, Seaford Harbor Elementary’s new principal had to crouch down to speak with youngsters face to face at several back-to-school events in August and September.