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Sewanhaka students with a cake.

Education

Sewanhaka students compete at SkillsUSA Area 6 Regional Competition

Community Events

Floral Park Board of Trustees April 15 meeting reports

By Long Island Press

Floral Park building that caught fire with boards on window.

Fire in Floral Park apartment building displaces dozens, injures 2

By Isabella Gallo

Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced the indictment of Samuel Gutierrez Orozco for an alleged 2023 drunk driving crash in Rockville Centre.

Far Rockaway man indicted for fatal 2023 drunken crash in Rockville Centre

By Long Island Press Staff

Audience listening to Gillen speak.

Environment

Faced with Trump, Hempstead Democrats demand more from Gillen

By Isabella Gallo

Adelphi team members standing in hard hats at the groundbreaking of a new campus.

Education

Adelphi to expand to Manhattan with new 3 floor campus, grad program space next year

By Isabella Gallo

15 students at Lee Road Elementary School participated in this year’s New York State School Music Association Festival on March 28 and 29.

Community Events

Lee Road students perform at statewide music festival

Division Avenue High School junior Sarah Loiacono raised more than $28,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and was nominated for a Student Visionaries of the Year Award

Education

Levittown student raises over $28,000 for cancer

By Casey Fahrer

Floral Park board and fire chiefs stand next to each other in village hall.

Politics

Floral Park approves $34.6M budget with tax levy increase over state cap, swears in fire chiefs

By Isabella Gallo

A Copiague man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping his 9-year-old stepdaughter.

2 men convicted of 2023 Valley Stream gang murder: DA

By Hannah Devlin

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Business

Hanover Bank rebrands for the future

By Isabella Gallo

Garden City Park elementary schoolers working on projects.

Education

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park elementary school projects 2.35% tax levy increase

By Isabella Gallo

Students on Long Island faced multiple days of disruptions while taking New York State tests. Photo of students at St. Rose of Lima School in Massapequa.

Education

Statewide computer-based testing meltdown disrupts exams for Long Island students

By Larissa Fuentes

Floral Park school district superintendents stand.

Education

Floral Park school district appoints new superintendent, closes budget gap

By Isabella Gallo

Jo Marie, master stylist of Bangz Hair & Color Lounge and Co-founder United Salons of America, is at the forefront of Hair We Share's mission to support patients with medical hair loss.

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Hair We Share supports medical hair loss patients with United Salons of America fundraiser 2025

By Long Island Press

The subject of the Wednesday, April 9 incident at Roosevelt Field Mall, according to police.

17-year-old assaulted at Roosevelt Field Mall

By Long Island Press

Island Trees proposed budget has 422k surplus

By Conner Keough

Les Rumel, a Levittown resident since 1951 who has given back to his community

Community Events

Les Rumel gives back to Levittown where he has lived for decades

By Casey Fahrer

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Education

Hofstra University’s Zucker School of Medicine named one of the top schools by U.S. News and World Report

By Denivia Rivera

New Republican Hempstead Town Supervisor candidate speaks at campaign announcement event.

Politics

2 new Town of Hempstead Supervisor candidates announced as initial party nominees decline

By Isabella Gallo

Redemption

Movies

Lynbrook’s Alex Calvo premieres first indie film at Bellmore Theater

By Christy Hinko

Division Avenue High School senior Matthew Hartmann was named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Education

Division Avenue High School senior named National Merit Finalist

Dr. Lynda Gerberg, lead pediatrician for Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, which opened an autism-friendly urgent care center.

Health

Autism-friendly urgent care

By Bernadette Starzee

Shoppers sitting and walking through Belmont Park Village.

Business

April arrivals Aquazzura, Solaris ramp up in Belmont Park Village

By Isabella Gallo

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