Emma Jones

Emma Jones

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Town extends emergency declaration to May 12

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced Wednesday that the town has extended its emergency declaration an additional month

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Mineola’s award-winning actor Brian Dennehy dead at 81

Mineola's Brian Dennehy played an extraordinary range of roles off-screen as well as on, metamorphosing from football star to Marine

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School funding will be slashed in ‘basically bankrupt’ New York: Cuomo

Nassau school districts are waiting to make budget decisions after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the coronavirus crisis

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Teachers tackle remote learning as Cuomo extends school closures

  Nassau's school teachers are doing remarkable work with technology to offer creative long-distance lessons to students, who will be

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Nassau County housing prices rise, available listings decline

The median sales price for homes in Nassau County rose 5 percent in February from the same month last year,

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Vincent DeMartino, three-war veteran and committed VA volunteer, dies

Vincent DeMartino, a combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War who devoted much of

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Schools scramble to provide food, childcare, online learning following shut-down

School districts on the North Shore shifted to distance learning last week in response to state-mandated school shut-downs due to

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NYU Winthrop braces for influx of coronavirus patients

On Thursday March 5, NYU Winthrop Hospital took in Nassau County’s first coronavirus patient, a 42-year-old Uniondale resident and Mercy

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MTA flounders as virus spreads to transit workers, ridership falls

MTA-run trains, subways and buses are rapidly emptying out as COVID-19 continues to spread and the state shuts down all

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Village halls shutter as virus spreads; community services remain open

Mineola, East Williston and Williston Park village halls are closed until further notice in order to mitigate the spread of

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Public services remain accessible in Floral Park, NHP, despite restrictions

While business-as-usual has come to a standstill and those services that remain open are operating at partial capacity, village governments

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East Williston school board proposes 2.25% budget increase

The East Williston School District Board of Education laid out a budget proposal of $63.49 million for the 2020–2021 year,

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New app lets homeowners hire repair experts, keep social distance

Brian Bonell, Carle Place resident and owner of roofing company All Weather Guard, has been using video chat to solve

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Long Island’s new AJC director plans international outreach

The new regional director of the American Jewish Committee Long Island plans to establish strong ties with global leaders as

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FCA moves senior services online in face of coronavirus outbreak

The Family and Children’s Association, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Mineola that provides support to vulnerable communities on Long Island,

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