Williston Park News

A 21-year old Williston Park pizza parlor/Italian eatery has spawned a more sophisticated new offspring.

Mineola is in danger. The ill-conceived consolidation plan of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo could mean the end of Mineola and the other villages.

Senator Craig M. Johnson will be sponsoring upcoming mobile office hours at the Shelter Rock and Williston Park Libraries.

Our Gazebo concerts have been very generously supported by local businesses. I thank them for their donations.

Five priests and four deacons concelebrated the Mass proceeding the farewell party for the pastor of Corpus Christi, James Bowman.

NEW HYDE PARK, NY, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- William E. Cherry, Jr., Vice President of Community National Bank, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of banking.

Nassau police arrested two Uniondale men for allegedly robbing a taxi driver during a cab ride in Williston Park early Saturday morning.

Mayor Odierna presents the Key to the Village of Williston Park to Nassau County Police Chief Lawrence Mulvey.

Yesterday I wrote about some great pork dishes on Long Island in an effort to hammer home the point that eating pork presents no danger vis a vis swine flu: you catch it from sneezing people, not from barbecued ribs.

Williston Park resident Chris Napolitano announced that she will be running for the Mineola Board of Education this May for the seat that is currently occupied by trustee Steve Siwinski, who has decided to retire from the board.

Last week Williston Park Budget Officer John Morris presented the budget to the residents for the year ending May 31, 2010.

Prior to the last Williston Park Village Board meeting the board held public hearing to rescind the Rental Registration Law.

A desire for fame and recognition could have motivated a teenage firefighter who is suspected of burning down a neighboring house.

Caleb Lacey, the 19-year-old volunteer firefighter who is accused of setting an apartment building on fire in Lawrence last month for the glory of later fighting the fire, isn't alone in being accused of having so-called "hero syndrome." And the phenomenon -- in which someone causes a problem, then "solves" it for personal recognition -- isn't ...

In 1926, housing developer William F. Chatlos announced that he had made an initial purchase of 161 acres of farmland on both sides of Willis Avenue, on which he would construct at least 1,000 standardized houses in the Dutch Colonial style.

Accounting Certified public accountants Adele J. Valenzuela, Shirish B. Mohile and Louis F. DeMars announced that they have formed a partnership.

Denver's newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, went out of business last week after 150 years of publication.

Massapequa Park , L.I.: I cannot wait to see where Bernie Madoff will be spending his weekends.

The Williston Park Village Board, at its last meeting, voted to postpone the Rental Registration hearing to March 16 this is in conjunction with the next regular Williston Park Village Board meeting.

Here's a way to eat the food of a fancy restaurant without the staggering check or the inevitable 20 per cent tip: takeout for 2 at the venerable La Marmite lamarmiterestaurant.com . The French/Italian style ...