2020-09-04 e-edition

A call to play sports at the Hicksville Athletic Center


It was nearly a full house at the Hicksville Athletic Center last week, as local officials , parents and students gathered to call for the reopening of high school sports in Nassau County. The County recently made the decision to postpone all fall athletics until 2021 over concerns of spreading the coronavirus. Student athletes from Hicksville, Massapequa, Jericho, Plainview, Seaford […]

Local eateries have adapted to outdoor seating protocols


The Dawg Pound Bar and Grill in Levittown, is one of the many restaurants and bars on Long Island that have had to readjust the way they do business as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The local establishment has placed picnic chairs and tables with umbrellas in the front of their restaurant to accommodate many of their longtime customers. […]

Edwing Geovany Perez-Bonilla

Man arrested for forcible touching in Bethpage

Nassau County Police arrested a Westbury man for allegedly inappropriately touching a 14 year-old girl in Bethpage. According to police, between Thursday, August 16, 2018 and Tuesday, November 19, 2019, Edwing Geovany Perez-Bonilla, 36, inappropriately grabbed and forcibly touched a female juvenile, 14, while at her place of employment. Perez-Bonilla was arrested without incident on August 28, 2020 at 2:30 […]

Police Appreciation Run is open for registration

David Lerner Associates and the Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) are proud to pay well-deserved tribute to Long Island’s Finest through the 29th annual David Lerner Associates Long Island Police Appreciation 5 Kilometer Run. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s David Lerner Associates Police Appreciation Run will be enjoyed virtually rather than as a “live” event. Run the […]

‘One Last Summer Blast’ drive-in concert

The Town of Oyster Bay will be featuring “One Last Summer Blast” summer drive-in concert, featuring the Lords of 52nd Street  at TOBAY Beach on Saturday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m.  This free concert will offer Town residents one last chance to soak up summertime fun before the fall season arrives. The Lords of 52nd Street features the legends of The […]

75th anniversary of end of WWII commemorated

Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) commemorated the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage during ceremonies held on Saturday, Aug. 29 to mark the historic milestone. The ceremony, which featured historic armaments and the presence of World War II veterans, was held just prior to […]

Running Club Food Drive marches on

On August 25th the crew from the Greater Long Island Running Club visited the Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center in Wyandanch once again to provide the usual food donations, but also, and most importantly, to help the school children in Wyandanch and in the surrounding communities beyond the area the Center typically serves. In support of the Center’s Back to […]

Interfaith program brings Jews, Muslims together

The Muslim and Jewish co-authors of a book promoting Muslim-Jewish friendship and trust appealed directly to members of their respective communities to “stand together to protect democracy, pluralism and religious liberty in America.” Addressing a zoom forum co-sponsored by the Interfaith Institute of the Islamic Center of Long Island (ICLI) and Temple Or Elohim, A Community Reform Congregation, the speakers, […]

Remove roadblocks for homeless

To the Editor: The Jericho Family Support Center is a laudable concept that deserves our support. The plan involves conversion of the former Hampton Inn on Jericho Turnpike into a transitional housing facility equipped to provide approximately 80 families with case management, childcare, workforce readiness training, health referrals, and 24-7 security. Currently, there are approximately 50 families living in inhumane […]