East Norwich News

At the April 16 meeting of the Oyster Bay-E. Norwich School Board, I commented that the budget process was a disservice to the community due to not having the Preliminary Budget Draft available until the night of the budget adoption.

As stage managers and crew scurried through the wings at 7:50 p.m. on Friday, April 12, hushed calls of "Thank you ten minutes," and the hum of the pit band could be heard as the cast and crew of Oyster Bay High School's production of "Anything Goes," readied themselves for opening night.

For a board that has forever championed the term "transparency" as the hallmark of its administration and governance, now is the time and the opportunity for this board to demonstrate to the entire community of Oyster Bay-East Norwich its commitment and dedication to such a valuable concept.

A pit bull saved a woman from a fire in her Long Island, New York home on Friday, barking to alert her as the flames began to spread from the front to the back of the house.Jackie Bonasera said she was drying her hair in an upstairs bathroom of the home on Gabriele Drive in East Norwich ?when she heard the dog barking.

A pit bull saved a woman from a fire in her home in New York on Friday, barking to alert her as the flames began to spread from the front to the back of the house.

A fire burned much of a East Norwich home Friday, but no one was hurt, Nassau police said.

Dutch Festival Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of spring, during one of the area's favorite traditions: Hofstra University's annual Dutch Festival.