Island Park News

Reports from county or village police, June 16-21. Bellmore A man and woman stole $300 worth of Advil from the Eckerd store on Sunrise Highway June 18.

Drug dens, homeless shantytowns and prostitution are rampant in New York City's parks, a Post investigation found.

A little past 11:15 p.m. The amber glow of a bottle of liquor is the first detail Nassau police officer Kyle Poppe notices after speeding to the scene of an overturned car.

There's no better time than summer and the Fourth of July for seafood, especially lobster.

An Island Park man faced charges Wednesday of menacing a 19-year-old woman with a gun during a domestic dispute after he violated an order of protection, police said.

Carroll Virginia West, a longtime resident of Alexandria, Va., and Thousand Island Park, N.Y., and wife of former Broadcasting & Cable editor in chief Donald V. West , died July 1 in Fairfax Hospital after a ...

"For Nassau County to be sustainable into the next generation and beyond, we must attract young college graduates and businesses to locate here...We need to create 'cool downtowns' in Nassau where commercial ...

All 20 Nassau County beaches that were closed Sunday after heavy rains have now been reopened, county health department officials said Monday.

“In this district we had a private attorney on the payroll for more than 30 years. Nobody thought to question that”

VOTING 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Lincoln Orens Middle School. THE BUDGET The district is proposing a budget of $30,675,511 for the 2008-09 school year, an increase of 4 percent over the current ... via Newsday.com

“The community would like to see this hotel shut down.”

Nassau County will stop sending homeless people to stay in area hotels and motels by the end of the year, officials said yesterday. via Newsday.com

Wellsville Police were called to the lagoon area of Island Park at about 12:08 a.m. on Sunday. via WIVB-TV Buffalo

The New York City Fire Department has contained a large brush fire at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. via WINS-AM New York

Reports from county or village police, March 9-15. Bellmore An Ellen Road house was entered through a second-floor rear window between March 3 and 11. via Newsday.com

There is no stench more aromatic than that which emanates from Hempstead Town Hall, permeating the very soul of the unincorporated areas of America's largest -- and, apparently, stinkiest -- township. via TheCommunityAlliance.org

Firefighters from at least six departments are fighting a raging blaze Friday morning in an Island Park neighborhood. via Newsday.com

A Long Island Rail Road passenger was attacked by four men who tried to rob him after he got off a train at the Island Park station Wednesday night, Nassau police said. via Newsday.com

A taxi driver on Long Island has been charged with leaving his 8-year-old son locked in a cold car for hours while he worked his early morning shift. via WNBC New York Channel 4

“We got caught in the middle of a political football, and thank God it's old news now. It's finished, right?”

Most people here in the Long Island village where Alfonse M. D'Amato grew up do not even know about the $5.4 million fine in a federal civil rights case that has been hanging over their heads for 10 years. via New York Times

BUSHWICK HIGH SCHOOL 1955-56. A reunion weekend is Sept 12-14 in the Poconos. Call Tommy Sanfedeli Penzes, class of 1955, at 516-694-5811 or e-mail grannyp7@aol.com; Cathy Pizzuto Profera, class of 1956, at ... via Newsday.com

Reports from county or village police, Oct. 28-Nov. 3. Bellmore A 2007 Audi was broken into Oct. via Newsday.com