MPK Village officials at opening of Beyond the Badge
August 11, 2022
Daniel Pearl along with Deputy Mayor Tina Schiaffino, Trustees Todd Svec and Christine Wiss joined to celebrate the grand opening of Beyond the Badge in the Village of Massapequa Park....
Rotarians give Gift of Life to Ukrainian childchild
By Kelly Mayberry | August 11, 2022
This interview was conducted a week before Polina received her life-saving heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital, which was resoundingly successful. In need of heart surgery, nine-year old Polina, her...
Massapequa School Board decides the district will not offer Pre-K program
At the close of the otherwise relatively uneventful August 4 meeting of the Massapequa School Board, the Board’s President Kerry Wachter read a Board statement confirming its decision not to...
MPK Village and Drug Free LI partner to bring overdose awareness
Drug Free Long Island and the Village of Massapequa Park will be collaborating on efforts to “turn Massapequa Park purple” during the month of September. At the Village Board’s July...
Longtime F’dale BOE member steps down; district looks to fill seat
As of August 1, 2022, there will be a vacancy on the Farmingdale School District’s Board of Education. Trustee Mario Espinosa announced his resignation from the seven-member Board earlier this...
FHS seniors awarded NYS Seal of Civic Readiness
263 Farmingdale High School seniors were awarded The NYS Seal of Civic Readiness during an assembly on Tuesday, June 14, attended by administrators, staff, and Board of Education members.
Save The Great South Bay Creek Defenders host 30 Clean-Ups so far this year
From Massapequa to Mastic Beach, Save The Great South Bay’s Creek Defenders have organized over 30 clean-ups this year alone, engaging hundreds of volunteers along many of the 50 creeks...
Massapequa Library hosts Family Fun Day event for community
Families were recently invited to celebrate the beginning of summer and a new library experience for children at Family Fun Day, sponsored by the Massapequa Public Library. The event, held...
Pets, Pets, Pets
Is Catnip the Universal Cure-All? Seems so, if you read the many catnip-claims-to-fame. Throughout history, catnip has been used as a remedy for just about every ailment or nuisance. Cats...
Pets, Pets, Pets
Silverwoods, a New Jersey independent living facility, seems an unusual place for Audrey and Joseph to hold their engagement party. Even more so when you learn Audrey is an Afghan...
Random ACTS OF KINDNESS AWARD
Several months ago, I watched a local business woman at the end of a long Chamber festival order pizza for the entire cleanup crew. She didn’t have to do this,...
THis Week at Your Public Library
Massapequa 523 Central Ave. 516-798-4607 Massapequa Park 40 Harbor La. 516-799-0770 Visit: https://www.massapequalibrary.org/ • Jazz Concert: Saturday, August 13, 2...
Gary Muir, local Postal Worker, soccer coach, at 77
For more than 20 years, Gary Muir delivered mail to residents in Massapequa Park, always with a smile, said his...
Barbara Nugent, longtime Amityville resident, at 89
When Barbara Nugent was a young mother, raising her family in Amityville, she suddenly found herself a widow. Her husband...
Carolyn Merhige, local educator, avid sailor and Scrabble champ, at 84
Carolyn Merhige, a local educator, avid sailor and Scrabble champ, died June 9, 2022. A longtime Amity Harbor resident, she...
FOWL BALL
Coming off a weekend series at home where the Long Island Ducks won two-of-three from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, the Flock looked to keep that success going in a...
Massapequa High School
The 524 graduates of Massapequa High School, clad in their blue caps and gowns, sat right next to each other at Hofstra University’s Mack Arena, a sign that normalcy had...
Massapequa students make memories in summer rec program
The school year ended, and a week and a half later, Massapequa’s elementary buildings were filled again with hundreds of children enjoying the annual Summer Recreation Program. The five-week camp,...
FOWL BALL
Coming into a weekend series from July 22-24 against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, the Long Island Ducks had not won a weekend series since the first weekend of July....
Massapequa softball makes history with first Long Island championship
For a second straight year, the Massapequa softball team made history. And although the Chiefs were in uncharted waters, the road to a first-ever Long Island championship was strangely familiar....
Judge sets change of party deadline for August 23 primary—good!
Last week we wrote an editorial pointing to the absurd Primary snafu that would have allowed voters to change their...
A challenge for retailers
We’d like to pose a challenge to major companies such as 7-Eleven, Target, Lowe’s, Home Depot and gasoline stations and...
PUBLIC COMMENTARY: Words matter and clear language helps us communicate better
The 14-year-old girl fumes at the dinner table. She got a D in math on her report card and notice...
Efforts at gerrymandering in New York this year result in a primary debacle
As a result of efforts in gerrymandering on the part of many Democrats in Albany this year, the primary elections...
Dangers of Vaping & Opioid Overdose Prevention Education workshop, Aug. 23
On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Massapequa Elks Lodge, 2162 Veterans Blvd., Massapequa, beginning at 7 p.m., YES Community Counseling Center, Massapequa Takes Action Coalition (MTAC) and the Massapequa Elks...
Application opens for Spring 2023 Hope for the Warriors Military Spouse & Caregiver Scholarships
From today through September 30, applications are being accepted for the Spring 2023 semester for the Hope for the Warriors Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarship program. Since 2006, Hope for the Warriors...
YESCCC’s PACT National Overdose Awareness Community Events running throughout August
YES Community Counseling Center’s Partnering in Action Change for Tomorrow (PACT) Initiative is offering Opioid Education and Naloxone Trainings in commemoration of Overdose Awareness Day, celebrated on August 31, 2022....
Public Notices
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MASSAPEQUA PARK NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provision of the State of New York, that a Public Hearing will be held...
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Town of Oyster Bay Zoning Board of Appeals PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Section 246-12...
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LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS: The Board of Education of the Amityville Union Free School District, Towns of Babylon and Oyster Bay, Suffolk and Nassau Counties, New York is requesting proposals...