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Mostly Cloudy Mount Sinai South Nassau suspends Emergency Department visitation at Oceanside, Long Beach campuses as Covid-19 cases rise
Due to the rise in the number of residents and patients testing positive for Covid-19, Mount Sinai South Nassau is suspending patient visitation in the Emergency Department until further notice.
Town of Hempstead announces more Covid-19 rapid testing sites
Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside among places
As the rate of coronavirus infections continues to rise on Long Island and across the state, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and the Town Board have implemented three major Covid-19 testing initiatives in an effort to combat the incoming second wave.
Developers eye late 2021 for Woodcrest Village Park complex in Oceanside
Despite vocal community opposition, construction is progressing on a $60 million, 230-unit apartment complex on Rockaway Avenue in Oceanside, and developers have set December 2021 as its completion date.
Bitetto comes home, signs with Rangers
Island Park native; West Hempstead grad inks 2-year deal
Island Park's Anthony Bitetto grew up a fan of the New York Rangers and will realize a childhood dream when his next NHL game will be as a member of the blueshirts.
Griffin wins a second term representing Assembly District 21
After a tight race, Judy Griffin has won a second term representing Assembly District 21. Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, defeated Republican challenger Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, …
Oceanside, Island Park dining options shift with weather
Unseasonably mild temperatures last week allowed local restaurants to take advantage of outdoor seating, but with winter weather looming, owners are bracing for the challenge of watching their new business model under the pandemic disappear until next spring.
Oceanside community gathers on Veterans Day
In a socially distant ceremony at Oceanside High School, servicemen and women, residents and community leaders gathered to commemorate Veterans Day on Nov. 11
$15.2M repair set for Austin Boulevard in Island Park
Long awaited improvements to Austin Boulevard in Island Park will finally come under Nassau County’s 2021-24 Capital Improvement Plan, which was announced last month.
Village of Island Park recognizes veterans
The Village of Island Park’s annual Veterans Day remembrance ceremony hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary Post 1029 was held Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. with about 100 people in attendance.
LGBTQ bar opens doors in Oceanside
An LGBTQ bar opened on Nov. 12 in Oceanside. Gina Caggiano, owner of North Village Tavern in Rockville Centre, and her fiancé, David Wuestmann, openied BTW, which stands for “born this way,” on Long Beach Road.
Jerry Kremer
Will Trump come to Biden’s inauguration? I don’t care.
Having run successfully for public office 13 times, I can readily understand why President Trump is having a hissy fit.
Alfonse D'Amato
The 2020 election: a mandate for moderation
The election is in the history books. As the dust finally settles on the presidential race, it appears that Joe Biden won with the same razor-thin margin by which Donald Trump did in 2016.
Randi Kreiss
Dinner for two at our Thanksgiving table
Is anyone else thinking about the Berlin Airlift? It is one of the great stories of American audacity in the face of political thuggery. In case you’re too young to remember . . .