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Two years after she was hired, Massapequa School Superintendent Dr. Maureen Flaherty was suddenly suspended from her post without pay and barred from the school grounds. The surprise move by the school board came on Wednesday, June 20, with little explanation. More...

The Village of Massapequa Park recently celebrated Earth Day with over 500 volunteers cleaning up the Village. Following the Village wide cleanup volunteers were served a lunch of hot dogs, drinks and a snack. Massapequa Park Seniors and other individuals helped in directing the volunteers. More...

It was a perfect day for a Mother Mallard to take her ten ducklings for a walk. The air was moist and warm in Nassau Shores and the sun was shining. She waddled across Fairwater Avenue and her ducklsings followed. She passed safely over a street drain, but her ducklings were not as lucky. One by o... More...

The Long Island Ducks could not have picked a worse time for their first real slump of the 2007 season. More...
Pill Ploy: Cats are pains to medicate. Pills become projectiles. Stumbled on a trick that beats the advice I gave here 3 years ago when I insisted that if you uttered my friend's Yiddish mantra, your Felix would swallow a pill with ease. I was a bit naive. More...
Massapequa 523 Central Avenue 798-4607 Massapequa Park 40 Harbor Lane 799-0770 +The Harbor Lane Library offers programs on an ongoing basis including aerobics and toning classes, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.; Tournament Scrabble, Mondays, 11 a.m..; Let's Talk, a discussion group for seniors, Fri... More...
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: THURSDAY, June 28 +Plainedge Bd. of Ed.Business Meeting: 7 p.m., Board Rm., District Office, 241 Wyngate Dr., N. Massapequa. For further info., call 992-7455. More...
Attorney and professor Dr. Francis "Frank" Edwin Colbourn died May 27, 2007 at Nassau University Medical Center in Uniondale. He was 80- years- old and was a longt ime Massapequa resident. Born July 5, 1926 in New Haven Connecticut to Ira and Justine (O'Connell) he served with distinction in the ... More...
The Massapequa School Board's decision to suspend Superintendent Dr. Maureen Flaherty without pay last week was both a shock and concern for the community. Prior to this, there was no evident friction between the administrator who was hired two years ago, and the Board of Education. The question i... More...
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