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Aisha Al-Muslim
I am one of two reporters, along with Patrick Whittle, covering the Town of Hempstead. I also report on the villages of Hempstead, Freeport, Garden City, Malverne, Valley Stream and others. My goal is to report stories that interest residents in the town, while being informative, fair, accurate and balanced. I will be covering stories involving local politics, safety issues and economic development. I will also highlight community members and businesses making a difference or succeeding in the town. I also speak Spanish.
Twitter: @aishaalmuslim
Parking permits to be enforced at Oceanside LIRR station
Photo credit: Brittany Wait
The Town of Hempstead will resume enforcing parking permits at the Oceanside Long Island Rail Road station beginning Aug. 1.
New one-year permits for $3 each are on sale for the period effective Aug. 1 to July 31, 2014. Permits will be enforced in parking lots O6, O7, O8, O10 and O11.
“As a measure to accommodate residents, many of whom lost vehicles to floodwaters during Hurricane Sandy,...
Read more »Lazy Days of Summer event planned in Levittown
The Levittown Community Council will sponsor the 16th annual Lazy Days of Summer event on Saturday.
The free event, an offshoot of Levittown’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1997, will offer games, entertainment and activities. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the East Village Green Park, near the Jerusalem Avenue Pool on Jerusalem Avenue and Meridian Road in Levittown.
The...
Read more »Former Long Beach councilman Michael Fagen freed from jail
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp
Former Long Beach City Councilman Michael Fagen was released from jail after serving 17 days of his 30-day sentence in a larceny case.
Fagen, who faced up to 4 years in prison, was sentenced on June 12 by Justice Meryl Berkowitz in Nassau County Court in Mineola. He served his sentence in the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow until he was released on June 28.
Fagen was...
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