Hempstead News

The Town of North Hempstead and Supervisor Jon Kaiman have just finalized a deal to buy the former Roslyn Country Club from its private owner and will turn it into a town park with completely renovated swimming and tennis facilities.

The North Hempstead Town clerk race is set: two Democrats -- one running on the GOP ticket -- will vie for the post in November.

The home-invasion suspect killed along with Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello last week told a parole board two years ago that he was no longer a Crips gang member, wanted to continue his college education and wanted to take care of himself in ways other than committing armed robberies.

A former homecoming king and queen have launched an online petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security, including in the area where a student was killed during a home invasion.

East Rockaway Village's clerk-treasurer faces up to one year in jail following her arrest May 5 on a shoplifting charge at Green Acres Mall.

Weeping filled a church Wednesday during a funeral for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police responding to a Long Island home invasion, with friends describing her fearlessness and love of life - riding bikes, climbing trees, going to more concerts than they could count.

In Nassau Cnty accident cleared on Wantagh Pkwy NB at Old Country Rd/W2. Slow traffic from Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/W3 In Nassau Cnty accident cleared on Wantagh Pkwy NB at Old Country Rd/W2. Slow traffic from Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/W3 Francesco Schettino, the captain of the luxury cruiser Costa Concordia , which ran aground off Italy's Tuscan coast ... (more)

Next month, Nassau County District Court Judge Terence Murphy will trade his robes for a U.S. Army uniform.

We all know that the first order of business for any elected official is to start working on getting elected again.

Flash Flood Watch expires at 7:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 9:29 AM Kiamichi Christian Mission, OK The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

An Amityville woman was arrested Sunday accused of attacking another woman with a camera tripod after an argument over gratuities at a West Hempstead nightclub, Nassau County police said.

May 20, 2013 With turbines operating in extreme wind regimes such as the Caribbean and northern Scotland, Northern Power Systems today announced that its fleet of gearless turbines that experience hurricane-speed winds has achieved 1 million run time hours, all without incident.

In Nassau Cnty accident. shoulder blocked on Wantagh Pkwy SB between Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/W3 and The Southern Pkwy/W4 In Nassau Cnty accident.

In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Valley Stream accident.

A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning.

In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown.

In East Farmingdale right lane closed on Rt-109 EB north of Southern Pky. Stop and go traffic from Rt-110/Broad Hollow Rd An Amityville man was drunk Saturday when he drove his car off the road in Hempstead and into a fencepost, sending it flying into the head of a woman who was in her yard smoking a cigarette, Nassau County police said Sunday.

Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally shot, Nassau County police said.

A 21-year-old Hofstra University junior and an armed intruder were fatally shot in an overnight break-in near the school's Long Island campus, police said Friday.

The new year started with a flea market and a presentation of Pinocchio by the drama students of the Center Street Schoolin January.