Vivian Rose

Patricia Shea, associate director and founder of MOMMAS House, said she began the organization in 1986, after she had taken in a young pregnant woman in her own home. This year, the organization is celebrating 40 years of service after assisting more than 1,000 women.

Adelphi University recently named alumnus Leonard Achan, a first-generation American, CEO and ICU nurse, as its new board chair.

Public schools across Long Island are reopening for the 2026-27 school year. Patrick Ryder, Nassau County Police Commissioner, said the county's law enforcement is focusing on maintaining connections with the community.

Friends of Art and Music Enrichment began as a ragtag group of theater, art and music alumni of Glen Cove High School and has become an organization dedicated to giving students experiences of a lifetime.

The spokesman said the man was killed in Hicksville on Monday, Sept. 7, at 880 S. Oyster Bay Road and that police received a call at 2:52 p.m. The man, who has not yet been identified, was an auto mechanic. According to the address, the man was killed at Gabrielli Truck Sales.

After the New York State Education Department declined to authorize public schools to send test scores to the U.S. News & World Report , some dropped significantly in state and national rankings, officials said.

Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen Cove) and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) have together secured about $5 million to help the Village of Sea Cliff to install nearly 2,860 linear feet of sewer lines.

As lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths across the country, the American Lung Association is expecting hundreds of walkers to participate in its fourth annual LUNG FORCE Walk.

John Heslin, 86, stood at Veterans Memorial Park in Carle Place with a photo of his nephew, Glen Pettit, who was a 30-year-old police officer during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

The Glen Cove Beautification Commission has made a commitment to beautifying Pratt Park this year, first by donating a gazebo to the park, and is now installing two new benches at the park's Sept. 11 Memorial.