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GMA News
January 5, 2018
A sign reading Blizzard Warning is seen above the Northern State Parkway near Westbury, New York, U.S. January 4, 2018. ... In the latest fatality blamed on the harsh conditions, a driver slid off an icy road, killing a pedestrian, early on Friday in North Charleston, South Carolina, city officials said.
amNY
December 31, 2017
Nina Izzo, 47, of Westbury, said it was worth enduring the cold temperatures to make the memory with her daughter. “You live in New York, you have to experience it at least once,” she said. Jason Quintanilla, 19, of Central Islip, said he had not seen the ball drop before in person. He pegged the cold at 9.5ÃÂ ...
Newsday
December 29, 2017
Bob Holz of Dix Hills gets help from highway patrolmen Richard Winwood and Theodore Norelius on the Long Island Expressway in Old Westbury on Feb. 7, 1979. Photo credit: ... And most of them are poaching, clamming too close to shore in closed areas, state and town officials said.” On one day, “aboutÃÂ ...
Newsday
November 30, 2017
Metro Paving LLC of West Babylon submitted the lowest bid, at $2,416,657, while Roadwork Ahead of Westbury came in with the second-lowest, at $2,458,742, village documents show. Village officials said Metro Paving, while the least expensive, did not have at least five years of installation experience,ÃÂ ...
Newsday
October 22, 2017
The Nassau County fire marshal's office reported that an early morning fire on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at a greenskeeper's house at the Glen Oaks Country Club in Old Westbury was accidental, Nassau police said. One Westbury firefighter was injured in the blaze on Post Road and was taken to a hospital toÃÂ ...
Newsday
October 19, 2017
At the unveiling of the $25-million plan to renovate the Source Mall in Westbury by summer 2018 and rename it Lesso Home by the new owner, on Thursday Oct. 19, 2017. (Credit: ... Lesso has operations and business centers in Los Angeles, as well as holdings in Texas, the Midwest and, now, New York.
Real Estate Weekly
October 18, 2017
The Lesso executive also said their investment seeks to be consistent with the economic vision of Hempstead Town, Nassau County and Westbury Village officials. He observed, “For example, Third Track construction on the Long Island Rail Road includes the Westbury station. How can our plansÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 24, 2017
And more than one-fifth of the city's approximately 14,000 residents live in poverty, according to city officials. The challenges facing Oneonta, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, mirror those confronting a lot of urban centers across New York in the decades since manufacturing and relatedÃÂ ...
Newsday
July 18, 2017
The village of Old Westbury's justice court left itself vulnerable to financial risk last year with practices that resulted in “an increased risk of loss, theft or inappropriate use of money,” according to a recent ... The audit made several recommendations, which village officials said have since been implemented.
The Island Now
May 31, 2017
Judging by the ballot, Old Westbury residents would think they have only one choice for village justice in the June 20 election: Albert Khafif. ... a former state Appellate Division justice, was among two candidates whom Carillo and the village Board of Trustees interviewed for the job, village officials said.
Newsday
October 19, 2017
At the unveiling of the $25-million plan to renovate the Source Mall in Westbury by summer 2018 and rename it Lesso Home by the new owner, on Thursday Oct. 19, 2017. (Credit: ... Lesso has operations and business centers in Los Angeles, as well as holdings in Texas, the Midwest and, now, New York.
Real Estate Weekly
October 18, 2017
The Lesso executive also said their investment seeks to be consistent with the economic vision of Hempstead Town, Nassau County and Westbury Village officials. He observed, “For example, Third Track construction on the Long Island Rail Road includes the Westbury station. How can our plans ...
New York Times
August 27, 2017
CHRISTINA CARON and CHRISTOPHER MELE in New York ... City officials urged flooded residents to head to their roofs, not their attics. ..... Eighty members of New York City's Urban Search and Rescue task force left Brooklyn in a convoy headed to Houston Sunday to aid in storm recovery efforts.
New York Times
July 24, 2017
And more than one-fifth of the city's approximately 14,000 residents live in poverty, according to city officials. The challenges facing Oneonta, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, mirror those confronting a lot of urban centers across New York in the decades since manufacturing and related ...
Newsday
July 18, 2017
Mayor Robert Kennedy, of Freeport, has been elected president of the Nassau County Village Officials Association. ... The Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation in Westbury has appointed three members to its board of trustees. ... Abraham Pena of Lake Grove was with House Hunt NY Inc. in Melville.
Newsday
July 18, 2017
The village of Old Westbury's justice court left itself vulnerable to financial risk last year with practices that resulted in “an increased risk of loss, theft or inappropriate use of money,” according to a recent ... The audit made several recommendations, which village officials said have since been implemented.
The Island Now
April 4, 2017
More than 65 workers from Meadow Carting Corp., a Westbury-based garbage company serving many North Shore municipalities, including the Town of North Hempstead, went on strike on Monday, seeking higher wages and better benefits. Town and village officials said the strike disrupted or delayed ...
Newsday
March 23, 2017
Mary Lagnado, who had worked for the district since 1988 and served as superintendent since 2013, was forced from her position, said Westbury Board of Education President Robin Bolling. “She was forced out,” Bolling said. “I don't have any reason. There were no reasons provided, it was the will of the ...
Newsday
January 31, 2017
Westbury is one of 10 communities selected, and the only one on Long Island. A total of $100 million will be disbursed across New York to “improve the urban vitality of city centers, according to the state's website. One of village officials' main priorities is attracting new residents, especially younger ones, ...
KPRC Click2Houston
December 31, 1999
Barr will be presented with the award at an annual black-tie gala set for March 5 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, officials with the Broadcasters ... She was awarded the 2014 Vincent T. Wasilewski Broadcaster of the Year by the Illinois Broadcasters Association and received the 2010 Westbury ...
Palm Beach Daily News
August 2, 2017
With a home in Old Westbury on Long Island, Yakoby and his wife, ... perk dates to a deal Trump negotiated with town officials more than 20ÃÂ ...
Innovate Long Island
August 1, 2017
Hicksville has won the regional round of New York State's ... The Village of Westbury was last year's winner. ... Oyster Bay town officials already have a detailed plan for ... Start-Up NY adds 39, including two LI companiesÃÂ ...
Newsday
July 18, 2017
Nassau County Village Officials Association has elected four village ... The Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation in Westbury has appointedÃÂ ...
Newsday
July 18, 2017
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli at Hofstra University on May 9, 2017. ... The village of Old Westbury's justice court left itself vulnerable to ... The audit made several recommendations, which village officials saidÃÂ ...
The Island Now
July 3, 2017
The Nassau County Village Officials Association, or NCVOA, elected Great Neck ... NCVOA also works with lawmakers and the New York StateÃÂ ...
News 12 Long Island
June 28, 2017
Three former Oyster Bay Town officials, including the town's former supervisor, are reportedly being indicted on corruption charges. AccordingÃÂ ...
The Island Now
June 21, 2017
Doug Kellogg, a spokesman for Reclaim New York, a conservative ... At other times when her office was understaffed, town officials, apparentlyÃÂ ...
CBS New York
May 22, 2017
The tiny camera inside a Westbury incubator filled with the fragile eggs has biologists buzzing. The northern Bobwhite quail are rare in the areaÃÂ ...
The Island Now
April 4, 2017
Town and village officials said the strike disrupted or delayed trash ... at 581 Dickens St. in Westbury since Monday, when they rejected theÃÂ ...
The Island Now
March 10, 2017
By comparison, New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who will be officially ... work closely with village officials “to maintain a safe and secure community.” ... Old Westbury Police Lt. Ronald P. Scorzelli earned $248,762 and Sgt.
Newsday
February 20, 2017
And it has inserted SUNY and City University of New York into the national debate about how to implement some form of low-cost or tuition-free public higher education, an issue that Sanders in particular ramped up during the 2016 presidential campaign ...
Quad-Cities Online
February 20, 2017
ROCK ISLAND - City officials are expressing their desire to see the former Kmart property remain a retail site, although plans by the owners of the site may call for making it a rental facility.
Long Island Weekly News
February 16, 2017
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos (second from right) listens as animal advocate Bonnie Radafshar of Westbury talks about the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter.
Newsday
February 5, 2017
In Nassau, meanwhile, OTB officials considered potential casino locations in Westbury and Elmont before backing out of both.
Newsday
January 31, 2017
Westbury's downtown could one day be unrecognizable, with big plans in the works to spruce up the neighborhood and revitalize development in the village.
The Westbury Times
January 25, 2017
David Bernacchi runs the Pets4Luv adoption agency in Westbury and expressed frustration with his experience volunteering at TOHAS.
Newsday
January 24, 2017
Village officials monitored flood-prone areas all night and will continue to do so, he said. Several miles to the west, Glen ... Hempstead Town officials only received reports of "minimal" storm damage overnight, spokesman Mike Deery said. Town ...
Long Island Weekly News
January 24, 2017
Though it takes up less than 1 percent of the town's $436 million 2017 budget, the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter (TOHAS) accounted for 100 percent of the public comment period at the Jan. 10 board meeting.
The Island Now
December 15, 2016
Critics of the Long Island Rail Road's proposal to spend $2 billion to construct a 9.8 mile third track between Floral Park and Hicksville have some legitimate concerns.
SoutholdLOCAL
December 4, 2016
In my first years as a journalist on Long Island, in 1963, for a story on traffic I interviewed Austin Sarr, district engineer on the island for the then New York State Department of Public Works. 2015_1024_suffolk_closeup_grossman Saar, well-familiar ...
The Island Now
December 1, 2016
Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury), wrote in an email. ... The process for receiving grants is straightforward, according to interviews with state and village officials - municipalities or community organizations send lawmakers a letter saying what they ...
Newsday
October 15, 2016
Old Westbury last summer proposed allowing homes and hard surfaces to be larger to accommodate tennis courts and swimming pools.
The Island Now
September 1, 2016
The grant, which state Sen. Jack Martins assisted the town in obtaining, is from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, the same agency that gave the town last year's $100,000 grant.
Lansing State Journal
August 23, 2016
The assessment work should take about a month, city officials said. After that, the city will ... The park's manager told the State Journal in May that owner William Whalen, of Westbury, New York, had hired crews to make repairs and hoped to reopen the ...
27east.com
August 15, 2016
Tracking of aircraft around East Hampton Airport was immediately taken over by New York Terminal Radar Approach Control in Westbury. The day after the storm, electrical technicians determined that all of the equipment in the tower would need to be ...
Recycling Today
August 11, 2016
"We are asking them to enclose their operations, cover any piles that may produce dust by the pickup of wind and also to control some of the noise with some sound abating measures," North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russel told CBS New York.
CBS Local
August 9, 2016
NORTH HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Long Island residents who live near concrete recycling plants are demanding an end to heavy cement truck traffic and harsh crushing sounds.
Newsday
July 7, 2016
Westbury beat out 20 Long Island rivals to win a $10 million award to amplify the revival of its downtown, officials said on Thursday.
The Times and Democrat
May 3, 2016
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 21, 2016 photo, Melisa Jimon Reynoso, right, and her brother, Brian Jimon Reynoso, 3, center, sit with Candelario Jimon Alonzo, 16, left, at their home in Memphis, Tenn.
The Island Now
April 29, 2016
"The village board of trustees and other village officials need the time afforded by the moratorium in order to comprehensively address the question of how to properly modify the restrictions in place along the villages waterfront without further ...
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