Nassau County News

Seth Meyerowitz never knew his World War II veteran grandfather, a turret gunner who survived the crash of a B-24 Liberator in France in 1943 and who evaded capture by the Gestapo because of the kindness of strangers.

Long Beach's financial situation might be even bleaker than the city's new administration thought.

Hale Smith, one of the most influential black composers of the 20th century, lived in Freeport for nearly five decades and still there are residents of the South Shore village who don't recognize his name.

Four of Long Island's largest developers are planning to offer a joint proposal to privately redevelop the 77-acre site surrounding Nassau Coliseum.

The teenagers stood in the Kellenberg Memorial High School gym, fiddling with the little blue propeller car they spent months perfecting.

The Nassau County Police Department early on acknowledged the failure to investigate domestic violence complaints involving Jo'Anna Bird, a mother of two from New Cassel who was killed by her abusive estranged boyfriend.

Fallon Mirsky, 29, of Valley Stream, is afraid to venture outside very often, for fear of triggering another episode of crippling pain.

'Twilight' star Peter Facinelli stopped by Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville to help the school raise money for its new track.

Farmingdale officials are expected to vote Monday on the hiring of an outside consultant to help the village decide between competing proposals for cheaper water.

Chris Hoey of Centerport wears his Giants hat backward, reversing it only if the team is in trouble.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's police reorganization plan would downgrade two of the county's three busiest precincts, raising concerns about public safety among some local lawmakers and police warnings about overcrowding at the remaining station houses.

Nearly two dozen Long Island public officials, including its two county executives, gathered Friday to support a proposed state law to end the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax on large municipalities.

A former monitor at an after-school program for youngsters was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison Friday after pleading guilty to trading child pornography over the Internet.

It could take a lifetime to attend one Super Bowl, but not for 10-year-old A.J. Rovner of East Rockaway, who is attending his second Giants Super Bowl. The family was present four years ago when Big Blue beat the Patriots in Arizona in Super Bowl XLII.

I am having a difficult time getting two broken utility poles in front of the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library in Setauket removed. Both poles are dangerously fractured and look to be holding on by splinters. This is of course a safety concern -- we are next door to an elementary school and the sidewalk is used by students.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that a new casino at Belmont Park would not be economically viable as he touted plans for the nation's largest convention center and a possible casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.

Calling the shooting of an NYPD officer from Long Island "a heinous assassination attempt," a Brooklyn prosecutor Thursday said there will be no plea negotiations with suspect Luis Ortiz, and a judge ordered him held without bail.

Massapequa Park's experiment with a pavement sensor system to detect parking scofflaws has not resulted in as many violations as expected, village officials said Thursday.

More than $60,000 has been recouped from duplicate or overlapping payments by Nassau's foster care program, county Comptroller George Maragos has announced.

There is no truth to the rumor that Holtsville Hal emerged from his burrow Thursday morning in a tropical shirt and sunglasses, declaring spring's early arrival.