Massapequa Park News

Nassau County police say Michael Hammond of Massapequa Park was arrested on Sunday after allegedly removing a pocketbook from the cart of an 86-year-old woman in North Bellmore.

New Yorkers haven't heard the noisy buzzing of cicadas in springtime in 17 years, but get ready, because they're coming again.

I've taken over as the editor of this publication and I am so looking forward to learning more about the beautiful communities of Massapequa, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and Plainedge, and serving you, our faithful readers.

Perhaps you've seen them lying around at the gym. They look like dumbbells with a handle.

In fact, the competition for the pageant's New York State crown will be held here on Long Island , just as it has been for nearly 30 years.

The driver of a school bus carrying five children crashed into a home on Teibrook Avenue in Syosset, police said.

Joanne Maglione, who ran on the Democratic line against Republican Michael Venditto last fall to fill the Nassau legislative seat of the late Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt, has been hired by the administration of Republican County Executive Edward Mangano.

Ten Nassau County police officers -- many using their own time off -- headed to Boston from Long Island for MIT Officer Sean Collier's funeral Wednesday.