Hempstead News

Jessey Tejada, 22, of 52 Lucille Ave., Elmont , was arrested Friday and was set for arraignment the same day.

One of the assailants has been charged with hate crimes, police said. Robert Bellamy Jr., 23, was charged with robbery and assault.

A Chapman Avenue home was discovered burglarized Oct. 27. A 1998 Mercedes-Benz was stolen while parked at the Long Island Rail Road station Oct.

RAMAPO - Jeff Weinstein spent his Sunday afternoon marching on Route 45 to express his opposition to a kosher chicken processing plant in New Square.

Kevin Watkins, 23, of 675 Conklin St., Farmingdale, was charged with driving while intoxicated and speeding.

The fate of a new Nassau Coliseum and, more important, the grand Lighthouse project that would surround it, rests with Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray .

Republican incumbent Mark Bonilla is seeking re-election as Hempstead town clerk, which holds a two-year term.

Pearl Gibson hugs Supervisor Kate Murray when given the key that gives her the opportunity to buy a condo in Elmont.

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A public hearing that would have drawn a crowd of angry neighbors opposed to a proposed poultry slaughterhouse was canceled indefinitely on Tuesday.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 5:59 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg waits for the start of the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University on Oct.

The $2.2-million hydrogen fuel station, financed by a combination of local and state funding with partners such as LIPA and National Grid , sits in a parking lot next to the Town of Hempstead's Department of Conservation and Waterways in Point Lookout .

Police tape closes off the scene on Meadow Street where a victim was found stabbed Thursday.

Democratic incumbent Jon Kaiman is seeking re-election to his fourth two-year, term as Town of North Hempstead Supervisor.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. a ' A poll finds President Barack Obama's approval rating among suburban residents varies widely depending on the race or ethnicity of those being asked.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Dwayne Dailey has been sentenced to 100 years to life in prison for murdering 17-year-old Edwin Mejia Alvarado and shooting three of his friends as they sat in a car behind the La Boom nightclub in Westbury.

Kevan Abrahams, Legislative candidate Nina Petraro Bastardi and candidate for county clerk Carrie Solages - have joined to ask the U.S. Justice Department to post poll monitors at election sites in Nassau's minority areas to thwart what they call "voter suppression tactics." The announcement came during a news conference the three held in Elmont ...

Villeda, of Hempstead, suffered a fatal blow to the left side of his neck late Saturday at a gas station a block away from his home, said Nassau police spokesman Det.

Around 11:40 p.m., Nassau police said, Hempstead Village police officers responded to a call for a possible assault and found the unidentified man at 182 Henry St.

NEW HEMPSTEAD - More than 100 people from all over Rockland attended a rally today to show their opposition to plans by the village of New Square to build a chicken slaughterhouse on a vacant piece of land on Route 45.