Nassau County News

Karen Neillands has water collecting in front of her property that never goes away.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said tough economic times have people returning their pets to shelters because they cannot afford to take care of them.

One person died and three others were injured in a single vehicle crash Friday evening on the Northern State Parkway, state police said.

Principal Life Insurance Co. filed suit Friday to rescind a $4-million life insurance policy it issued barely a month before his death to Jeffrey Locker, the North Woodmere motivational speaker who is suspected of arranging for his own killing in Harlem last year.

Gov. David A. Paterson has signed two laws affecting what babies put into their mouths and where they sleep.

LIRR riders and other commuters could be hit with fare hikes of more than 30 percent and service cuts far deeper than those already adopted.

Cosimo Commisso, 93, of Bethpage, has been growing tomatoes for 64 years. The former Levittown ice cream man grows only beefsteaks, some from purchased transplants and others from seed, which he starts in a cold frame outdoors in early spring and treats to 10-10-10 fertilizer treatments throughout the season.

Edward Mangano, Nassau County Executive, met with George Barris of Barris Kustom Productions at New York Custom Coach in Queens to talk about the possibility of building a car museum in Garden City.

To combat West Nile virus, Nassau County will send trucks out next week to spray sections of Central and South Nassau where infected mosquitoes have been found. It will be the first time this year that the county has sprayed pesticides targeting adult mosquitoes.

 

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Long Island American Water said in a news release it is "removing mandatory restrictions for nonessential water use."

You’ll see a familiar megawatt smile on TV this Sunday night, as supermodel Christie Brinkley pitches her own collection of fine jewelry, the Christie Brinkley Jewelry Collection, which she created especially for QVC.

BY GARY DYMSKI

The Coast Guard is investigating how a 625-foot-long cargo ship and a 72-foot fishing boat collided off Jones Beach early Friday in clear weather.

A three-pound Pomeranian became the center of attention aboard a westbound Long Island Rail Road train Friday after its owner initially refused to pay an additional fare and had a dog that wasn't in a cage.

 The new Disney Store officially reopened at the Rosevelt Field Mall, much to the delight of about 40 children decked out in Mickey ears.

Nassau County police are looking for a man who tried to rob a Massapequa bank.

Police are searching for a gray Nissan Altima after the driver fired a gun out the car window at a group of people standing on a corner in New Cassel Thursday night.

David Mejias, Democratic candidate for state Senate, is slamming incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) for opposing that $1-per-hour pay raise for Nassau health-care workers.