Saladino: Career Centers Now Offering Classes To Help Residents Find Employment
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino recently announced that the Town of Oyster Bay’s Career Centers are now offering free employment workshops to residents every month. Job seekers can register...
View ArticleSyosset School Board Held Ahead Start Of School Year
A performance from Syosset Summer Stock, update on facility projects and other school business It’s almost that time for Syosset Central School District students to walk through those doors once again...
View ArticleJericho Public Library Announces Summer Top Readers
“Take a look at our top readers,” the Jericho Public Library posted on Facebook. “Incredible!” According to the American Library Association, the benefits of summer reading include encouragement for...
View ArticlePolice: ‘Be Our Eyes And Ears’
Even police officers’ families can get careless. Det. Sgt. Jeffery Raymond, commanding officer of the Nassau County Police Department’s Burglary Pattern Squad, came home one day and discovered that his...
View ArticleFaith Lutheran Church To Return Its Full Day Preschool Program
The preschool program at Faith Lutheran Church and School in Syosset is going from a half-day to a full-day program this upcoming school year. Faith Lutheran Church has offered a preschool program...
View ArticleSyosset Students Donated Knitted Blankets For A Good Cause
We Care Blankets was started in 2001 by Tamara Baker when she was in a pediatric oncology office studying a disease she had been suffering from and saw children undergoing chemotherapy. “I decided...
View ArticleQ&A With Syosset High School Activist Sabrina Guo
No endeavor is too big for Sabrina Guo of Oyster Bay Cove. Entering into her senior year at Syosset High School, Guo has already made positive changes in the community and beyond. At the height of the...
View ArticleAHRC Nassau Opens Farm And Arts Center For The Community
Four years ago, during a life-planning meeting with staff from AHRC Nassau, an organization that supports people with developmental disabilities, MaryAnn Dellova was discussing what her daughter,...
View ArticleTown Receives Two-Notch Credit Rating Upgrade From Wall Street
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board proudly announced that the Town of Oyster Bay recently received its seventh credit rating increase, this time a two-notch upgrade from...
View ArticleOyster Bay Remembers 9/11
The Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board observed the annual Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 8th at 7 p.m. at TOBAY Beach. The Town’s 9/11 Memorial – featuring a...
View ArticleSy-Con Is Back
Sy-Con Lite was an event anyone can enjoy, whether 5-years-old or 50 and whether a LEGO or superhero fan. Lego mosaics brought by I LUG NY. (Photos by Jennifer Corr) On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Syosset...
View ArticleNurses Challenge Management: Walk A 12-Hour Shift In Our Shoes
More than 150 New York State Nurses Association nurses protested outside Syosset Hospital/Northwell Health on Aug. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to demand a fair contract that includes safe staffing...
View ArticleTown Receives Two-Notch Credit Rating Upgrade From Wall Street
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board proudly announced that the Town of Oyster Bay recently received its seventh credit rating increase, this time a two-notch upgrade from...
View ArticleFree Animal Adoptions Throughout September At Town Animal Shelter
The Town of Oyster Bay Animal Shelter will waive adoption fees throughout the month of September. “I invite and encourage residents looking for a new pet, to check in with the town’s Animal Shelter...
View ArticleMarking The End Of Another Successful Oyster Gardening Season
Local politicians, community leaders and environmental activists gathered at the Laurel Hollow Dock on Sept. 14 to mark the end of a successful oyster gardening season and celebrate the positive impact...
View ArticleGreenvale Residents Dispute New Traffic Signs
Greenvale residents took the public comment portion of Sept. 13’s Town of Oyster Bay Town Board meeting to discuss new “No Right Turn” traffic signs in Greenvale that prohibit a right turn for three...
View ArticleAbortion Restrictions Linger In Parts Of Nassau
By Janet Burns and Frank Rizzo At least two Nassau municipalities have moved to scrub early 1970s abortion restrictions from their rulebooks after local electeds called for a review of “antiquated”...
View ArticlePresentations On Grants, Mental Health At Syosset Board Of Education Meeting
The Syosset Central School District held a meeting on Sept. 12, which consisted of two presentations. The first of the presentations was on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Part A Federal Grant...
View ArticleA Fun Day At The Fair
Food, games and music at the Syosset-Woodbury Street Fair Jackson Avenue near the Long Island Rail Road Station in Syosset was packed with people, vendors and food trucks on Sunday, Sept. 18 until 5...
View ArticleSt. Mark’s Coptic Church Hosts 35th Annual Egyptian Festival
St. Mark’s Coptic Church hosted its annual Egyptian festival on Sept. 16, 17, 18 and Sept. 23, 24 and 25. This cultural experience included: An exclusive interactive tour through the all new Egyptian...
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