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Colin Whinnery, Wayne Nelson and Bruce Wallace of Little River Band

Concerts & Music

Little River Band rocks 50th anniversary tour with stop at Flagstar Westbury Music Fair

By Barbara Anne Kirshner

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Crime news: man pronounced dead after car submerged in water in Oyster Bay

By Long Island Press Staff

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Westbury

Joann Fabrics and Crafts in Westbury among sites to close

By Grace Olinkiewicz

Westbury BOE 2/11/25

Education

Westbury schools meet education goals, tenure and retire teachers at Board of Education meeting

By Isabella Gallo

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena

Politics

North Hempstead implements alternate members for Board of Zoning Appeals

By Cameryn Oakes

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Art

‘The Essence of Soul’ at Westbury Arts celebrates Black History Month

By Long Island Press

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena

North Hempstead Town Board bars non-town issue statements, blocking condemnation of Jan. 6 pardons

By Cameryn Oakes

The Town of North Hempstead reported progress in its Building Department after four months of implementing reforms

North Hempstead reports progress through Building Department reforms

By Cameryn Oakes

Costco union members across Long Island held a show of force on Jan. 18.

Business

Final day for Costco union agreement looms, teamsters threaten strike

By Nicole Formisano

Port Washington Water District Commissioner Mindy Germain, back right, leading a student tour of a Port Washington Water District plant alongside Field Supervisor Jasper Skliba, back center

Health

Port Washington, Westbury water districts get $5M grants from state

By Cameryn Oakes

All Nassau County school districts are being proposed foundation aid increases under Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2025-2026 budget proposal, yet seven districts may see overall state aid reductions

Education

All Nassau County schools slated for proposed bumps in state foundation aid

By Cameryn Oakes

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Community Events

Westbury Memorial Library hosts MLK Craft Day

By Long Island Press

Three more school districts - Great Neck, Sewanhaka and Herricks – have joined the Bus Stop Arm Program

Education

Bus-arm ticketing program expands to 3 more school districts in North Hempstead

By Cameryn Oakes

Attorney Kathleen Deegan Dickson presenting to the North Hempstead Town Board the details of London Jewelers' third floor addition

North Hempstead OKs $8.7M in bonds to kick off capital plan spending

By Cameryn Oakes

Albany Senate Chamber Bynoe Swearing In Jan 8

Politics

Siela Bynoe sworn in as first Black state senator from Long Island

By Luke Feeney

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North Hempstead Town Board adopts 2025-2029 Capital Plan

By Cameryn Oakes

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Business

LI Starbucks workers strike after negotiation standstill

By Nicole Formisano

Lovers of tea, sandwiches and fancy hats felt at home at Westbury Memorial Library's annual High Tea event.

Community Events

High Tea and fancy hats at the Westbury Memorial Library

By Long Island Press

The Old Westbury Police Department

Police: six injured in school bus, truck Crash in Old Westbury

By Luke Feeney

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Community Events

Westbury Arts hosts ‘NEW,’ first gallery exhibition of 2025

By Long Island Press

The Old Westbury Police Department

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Police: Two dead in Old Westbury car crash

By Luke Feeney

Corinne Kaufman, whose granddaughter Paige Gibbons died of an accidental overdose in 2022, spoke in front of the Nassau County Legislature pleading for opioid settlement funds to be spent to combat the opioid crisis

Health

Local leaders look to solutions to aid Nassau County’s opioid crisis

By Cameryn Oakes

Westbury

Nassau legislators attend NAACP installation ceremony

By Long Island Press

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