The Roslyn News · Roslyn, NY
Sometimes, a coach can feel a championship coming, not just a few weeks in advance, but a few years. When longtime Port Washington girls swimming head coach Joe Lennon looked at his newly configured combined team of Roslyn and Port Washington three years ago, he saw lots of potential. Young swimmers on the rise in Port, along with some very talented kids in Roslyn, gave him hope. Two years ago, the squad won the conference title. Last year they were division champs. This year, the goal was county title for sure. “Sometimes the pieces all come together at the same time, and that’s what happened,” Lennon said. “From Day 1 this year, the girls felt dialed in and ready for this moment.” That moment happened on Nov. 7 at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow. Led by senior Carina Dai’s three first-place finishes and strong performances from a host of talented sophomores, Port Washington/Roslyn captured the team county title.
The Roslyn News · Port Washington North, NY
Nearby: Port Washington North, NYIf the private developer New Oasis Development LLC hopes to move forward with its proposed project of building a senior living complex in Port Washington North, it needs to submit a tree survey and a landscape plan before Christmas. Port Washington North Mayor Robert Weitzner set the deadline at the village board of trustees meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12. The hearing on New Oasis’s proposed project was postponed until Jan. 6, following concerns from both board members and residents. In a bid awarded over a decade ago, New Oasis proposed construction of a new senior living facility with 44 townhomes and a clubhouse. Neighboring residents concerned over the potential environmental impact and increased traffic resulting from the project have filed a lawsuit against the company. Timely submission of requested documentation has been an issue for the applicant in a case that has dragged on for years.
The Roslyn News · Westbury, NY
Nearby: Westbury, NYHot on the heels of the blue tsunami that found the Democrats running the table on Election Night, Rachel Maddow is pivoting from midterms coverage to a road tour promoting her new book, Department of Fate: The Promise, The Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution. Three years in the making, the MS Now host’s new tome uses seven historical epochs from within the 150-year history of the U.S.
Long Island Press · Garden City, NY
Nearby: Garden City, NYShortly after 11 a.m. on Oct. 19, Nassau County police bomb squad, K-9 unit and Department of Homeland Security investigators descended upon Garden City Middle School to probe a bomb threat. Neither an explosive device nor the person who called it in was found, Garden City Village Police told the Press. But a week later, Suffolk County police arrested a 16-year-old Smithtown West High School student who allegedly brought a gun, knife, and ammunition onto campus on Oct. 27 — and posted a photo of it on social media. An alleged threat against the school was reported the next day. Police said there were no charges resulting from the second incident, but authorities have increased their presence in the area as a precaution. “The district is aware of rumors regarding a potential new threat at High School West,” Smithtown Central School District Superintendent Mark Secaur wrote in a letter to the community on Oct. 28.
The Hechinger Report · Glen Cove, NY
Nearby: Glen Cove, NYVALLEJO, Calif. — Minutes before first bell, Penny Núñez-Brandão scanned the crowd outside Glen Cove Elementary School, looking for familiar faces. “I don’t see any,” the fifth grader told her mom one morning this August. “None of my friends are coming.” The start of a new school year can be nerve-racking under any circumstances. But for Penny and thousands of students across the U.S., this academic year brought the added difficulty of adjusting to an entirely new school after their previous one shuttered. As U.S. birth rates continue a multi-decade slide and state and federal education funding dries up, an increasing number of cash-strapped school districts around the country have resorted to closing campuses to save money. A total of 1,156 schools closed during the last academic year — the highest number since the pandemic, according to an analysis of federal data by Big Local News at Stanford University.
QNS · Queens Village, NY
Nearby: Queens Village, NYThe Little Sisters of the Poor Queen of Peace Residence hosted their annual Christmas craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 2, at their location in Queens Village at 110-46 221st Street. [caption id="attachment_629471" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Alice Moreno[/caption] [caption id="attachment_629458" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Alice Moreno[/caption] [caption id="attachment_629467" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Alice Moreno[/caption] [caption id="attachment_629469" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Alice Moreno[/caption] Held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., it featured hundreds of handcrafted ceramic and homemade items that are perfect for the holiday season.
Long Island Press · Plainview, NY
Nearby: Plainview, NYOyster Bay Town Councilman Andrew Monteleone joined New York State Sen. Steve Rhoads in celebrating the 90th birthday of Plainview resident Marsha Elowsky. Elowsky was born Nov. 2, 1936, in Brooklyn, where she grew up and became an educator with the New York City Department of Education. She married her late husband, Joseph Elowsky, in 1956. The couple settled in Plainview in 1963 and raised four daughters. Elowsky has remained active in the Plainview community through charitable efforts focused on improving the lives of children and senior citizens. She operated a preschool out of her home for 25 years and founded Camp Apollo, a nonprofit summer camp, in 1970. She continues her work with seniors through Super Seniors, a biweekly therapy group. Elowsky is now a grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of three.
LI Press · Plainview, NY
Nearby: Plainview, NYIf you’re seeking a look at the future of Long Island, it may be inside a workaday building in a busy commercial strip in Plainview. Welcome to tomorrow at Robo Inc., its executives say. Here, they say, you will find robots that talk, others that are designed to stop by your bedside at a hospital and measure your vital signs, and still others that can climb stairs to deliver packages or vials for medical and biological uses. Robo’s chief executive officer is Teddy Haggerty, a 31-year-old college dropout who told the Press in a recent interview that he was making too much money in school working on cryptocurrency projects to continue with classes. Instead, he started a company designing helmets for safety purposes and switched in 2023 to designing robots. To date, Robo has developed 1,600 robots that it has sold to universities, businesses including Amazon, and research institutions such as Carnegie Mellon. The Reading Institute with Founder Dr.
Patch · Plainview, NY
Nearby: Plainview, NYFire marshals say neighbors alerted the residents on Saturday evening. PLAINVIEW, NY — Seven people have been displaced, and one firefighter suffered a minor ankle injury after a Plainview house fire Saturday evening, the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said. The Bethpage Fire Department responded at 5:48 p.m. to a two-story wood-frame home on Cranberry Lane, fire marshals said. Three adults and four children have been displaced and were alerted to the fire by neighbors who saw the flames on the outside, fire marshals said. Find out what's happening in Plainviewfor free with the latest updates from Patch. The fire, both inside and outside the home, was brought under control in about 20 minutes by 40 firefighters, fire officials said. Fire marshals said the only injury reported was of the firefighter, who was treated at the scene. Find out what's happening in Plainviewfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The Long Island Times · Syosset, NY
Nearby: Syosset, NYMore than 500 children, parents and community members turned out Saturday, October 24 for “A Ghoul’s Day Out,” the Children’s Medical Fund of New York’s (CMFNY) first fall festival, held on the Blumenfeld Development Group grounds in Syosset. All proceeds benefit pediatric mental health and therapeutic care at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. The event offered pony rides, a petting zoo, carnival games, seasonal crafts, an artisan market, and a lineup of local food trucks, as well as the “Ghost Giving Wall,” where donors added personalized ghost stickers to mark their gifts and monthly pledges to young patients. “Our goal was to bring local families together for an unforgettable day while directly addressing one of the most pressing health challenges of our time, the youth mental health crisis,” said Sarah Blumenfeld, event co-chair.
QNS · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYQueens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. on Friday discussed the successes of the last year and a half while charting his course for the future — and leveling his ire at President Trump — in his State of the Borough address at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. “When I last stood on this stage 19 months ago and gave this speech, our borough was teetering on the edge of a gritty abyss,” Richards said. “Donald Trump had just returned to the White House and was laying waste to our norms, traditions and systems of government ...” Richards said Queens has chosen to go on offense to advance housing, healthcare, education and more. [caption id="attachment_629516" align="alignnone" width="700"] Queens Borough President celebrated new affordable housing at Willets Point during his State of the Borough address.[/caption] Housing “In this borough, we take care of our own by making sure every family has a home to call their own,” he said.
QNS · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYQueens College will be hosting a production of “I Like It Like That – The Musical in Concert” on Saturday, March 6, at 8 p.m., at the Flushing school's Colden Auditorium in the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. The show, which stars George Lamond, Brenda K. Starr, Michel Stuart, Obie Bermudez, Flaco Navaja, Grizel “Chachi” Del Valle, Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja” and Rosemary Almonte, follows the Rodriguez family as they work to hold their record store together through love and chaos in 1970s East Harlem. The audience can look forward to going on a historical musical journey in an era of neighborhood volatility and social activism. The East Harlem residents have to deal with the ever-present pull between escape and the social conscience. Pete Rodríguez, Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Rivera, Héctor Lavoe, La Lupe, El Gran Combo and others will be giving live musical performances of classic songs. Tickets for the production range from $55 to $75 to $95 to $125, plus applicable fees.
QNS · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYThis holiday season, you can give the gift of Queens — but you’ve gotta do it quickly. Just 50 limited-edition holiday gift boxes by Made in Queens, the Queens Economic Development Corp.’s marketing and certification program, are being sold this year, and they’re already live. Sweet and savory snacks, self-care essentials and exclusive Queens merchandise are just some of the goodies inside, and each item was made or designed in the borough. "There's no place like the World’s Most Delicious Borough for the holidays, and this box is the easiest way to share it," QEDC Executive Director Ben Guttmann said in a press release. The holiday gift boxes are $50 each. Once all 50 are sold, they will not be restocked.
QNS · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYThere were year-over-year increases in the median asking price for homes and rent for apartments across Queens in October 2026, according to a report by StreetEasy. The median asking price in Queens over this period of time rose 1.4%, from $670,612 in October 2025 to $689,000 in October 2026. There was also a 5.4% jump in the number of homes for sale, from 3,201 in 2025 to 3,373 in 2026. While inventory went up, the number of homes to enter contract fell 8.4%, from 368 last year to 337 this year. The median number of days available homes in Queens spent on the market went down from 69 days to 60 days. Queens' jump in median asking price of homes went against the trends of Manhattan, Brooklyn and New York City as a whole. Manhattan's 5.2% drop and Brooklyn's 9% decline carried more weight than Queens on the citywide trend of median asking price, which went down 5.2%, from $1,049,579 in October 2025 to $995,000 in October 2026.
Business Insider · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYAMD's CEO, Lisa Su, grew up in Queens and obtained three degrees from MIT. She's also the cousin of Jensen Huang, former CEO of rival Nvidia, who resigned on Thursday. Here is a look at her career rise, personal life, and challenges over the years. Editor's note: This story was originally published in October of 2025 and has been updated to reflect Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation. Lisa Su is the engineer behind one of the most dramatic corporate turnarounds in the tech industry. The Taiwanese American CEO is widely credited with transforming AMD from a struggling semiconductor firm on the brink of collapse into a global powerhouse competing head-to-head with Intel and Nvidia. When Su joined AMD in 2012, the company's market value was under $2 billion. Within a decade of her leadership, AMD's innovations in high-performance computing and graphics, especially the Ryzen CPUs and EPYC server processors, catapulted the company's value to over $950 billion as of Thursday.
QNS · Queens, NY
Nearby: Queens, NYThe employees who help keep the city running behind the scenes are gaining a collective voice in the workplace, as community board district managers have officially been recognized as union members of Communications Workers of America Local 1180. The feat marks a first for the district managers, who oversee the day-to-day operations of the city's 59 community boards. James McClelland, district manager of Queens Community Board 9, announced the news during the board's Nov. 10 meeting at Queens Borough Hall. He said he was honored to have been entrusted by his fellow district managers to represent Queens during the organizing effort and was selected to serve on the union's collective bargaining committee. “After nearly 25 years in public service, I understand the dedication and commitment this work demands,” McClelland said.