Nassau County News

Two Hempstead men allegedly smoking marijuana in a parked car Tuesday in Westbury tried to elude arrest, Nassau County police said.

Adding pocket tracks means adding more rush-hour trains that will cause railroad crossing gates, such as the one in downtown Syosset, to stay down longer .

Jericho's SEPTA recently dedicated a statue and an area in the SETPA Garden to Ed Friedlander, who retired as the district's Executive Director of Pupil Personnel Services in December 2012.

The Girl Scouts of Nassau County recently honored Lisa Elbogen for her adult volunteer service and lifelong achievements with the Girl Scouts.

The Port Washington Parks Conservancy wishes the Yamaguchi family all good luck and success in relocating their famous Japanese restaurant on Main Street following the unfortunate fire that demolished their previous site.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto swore in the newest edition to the town council, Councilwoman Michelle M. Johnson, and Town Clerk James Altadonna Jr. during a town board meeting last Tuesday morning.

The Nassau County Legislature Tuesday asked the state to approve five Nassau requests, including one that gives the villages of Hempstead and Freeport the unprecedented power to approve or disapprove businesses placed in their communities by the county or Town of Hempstead industrial development agencies.

Luis Escalante, 18, of 129 Marvin Ave., and Carlos Ramirez, 17, of 1067 Midland St., face charges of first- and second-degree robbery, police say.

With drinks flowing in a room filled with the laughter and praises of family, friends and art patrons, local artist and Hicksville native, Evan Campanella, proudly displayed his artwork at opening night of his own show at the BJ Spoke Gallery in Huntington.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have a deal to authorize four upstate New York casinos that would drive jobs and tourism to the long economically distressed area.

The hours of pro bono work and the financial contributions to groups providing legal services to the poor that lawyers must report on their biannual registration forms will be available to anyone who requests them.

The Village of Garden City practiced discrimination when it rezoned a Nassau County-owned property with the intent of keeping minorities out of the affluent village, a plaintiffs' attorney said Monday in a long-awaited housing discrimination trial.

A mother and son duo were arrested Monday by Nassau police and charged with presenting forged prescriptions that were filled at Long Island pharmacies nearly three years ago, Nassau County police said in a Monday night news release.

Legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have a deal today on legalizing up to seven casinos in New York, but the plan is being complicated by the future of the state's growing racinos - who would be threatened if new privately owned casinos are built.

First Squad detectives are trying to find out who carved a swastika into the hood of a car in East Meadow, Nassau County police said Tuesday.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has chosen the retired chairman of a Melville engineering firm as Nassau County's representative on the MTA board, according to an administration official familiar with the selection.

An employee of a Bellmore pharmacy fired a shot from his licensed handgun when a Freeport man tried to steal prescription drugs last week, according to authorities.

With delicate razor clams gracing tasting menus at Maison Premiere and Atera , Wylie Dufresne rethinking chowder at Alder , and urban fish shacks and raw bars continuing to proliferate, it's hard to imagine that the humble clam was ever more fashionable than it is now.

The reopening of West Shore Road in Mill Neck shows that, for all its serious fiscal problems, Nassau County can accomplish something big.

A Freeport man was arrested Friday on felony robbery charges after police said he robbed a Bellmore pharmacy, threatened the pharmacist with a knife and then led police on a chase for nearly three miles, according to a Nassau County police news release .