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Students’ performance of 'Change at Jamaica' featured at Penn Station

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer and University Professor of Music

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec has seen his pieces performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. Now, he can add Penn Station to that list.

When commuters pass by the video monitor located near the elevators at the station’s 34th Street entrance, they can watch a recording of the world premiere of Moravec’s latest work, “Change at Jamaica,” performed by student...

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North Hempstead fireworks postponed by weather

A shot from the fireworks display outside Nassau

Photo credit: Newsday, 2008 / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Due to inclement weather, the Town of North Hempstead Fireworks Commemoration Extravaganza scheduled for today at North Hempstead Beach Park has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date. Please call 311 (within town limits) or 516-869-6311 for more information....

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Smithtown approves plan to demolish 'eyesore' abandoned church

Smithtown Town Hall on Main Street is shown

Photo credit: Erin Geismar

The Smithtown Town board has approved a plan to demolish an abandoned church that building inspectors said is unsafe.

At a public hearing Thursday, no one appeared on behalf of the Church of the Gospel Ministry, which had been located at 436 Edgewood Ave. in Smithtown. Town attorney John Zollo said attempts to reach church leaders were unsuccessful. Zollo said the church is an “unsafe structure”...

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Long Islanders win big in ‘Wheel of Fortune’ NYC finale

Westbury's Jessica Stean won $25,262 on an episode

Photo credit: Wheel of Fortune

When she was just learning how to spell, Jessica Stean would call out letters while watching “Wheel of Fortune” with her grandparents in their Westbury home.

As a loyal fan of the show, Stean, 29, of Westbury, has become much better through the years at solving its puzzles, and she was able to prove it during the episode that aired Friday night. Stean won $25,262 in cash and prizes, including...

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No rival for Nissequogue mayor in re-election race

From left, Glenn Williams, president of the Smithtown

Photo credit: Brittany Wait

Barring a write-in campaign, Nissequogue Mayor Richard B. Smith will run unopposed for re-election next month.

Smith, 58, a banker who is seeking his seventh two-year term in the unpaid position, has served on the village board since becoming a trustee in 1991.

Trustee Lawrence Kenney and newcomer Christa Amato are unopposed for two open seats on the village board. Each seat carries...

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Home repair permit fee waiver extended

One of the Town of Hempstead bay houses

Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan

Hempstead Town is extending until Sept. 1 a program that waives home reconstruction and repair permit fees to help ease rebuilding efforts for homeowners still dealing with superstorm Sandy’s aftermath.

Hempstead Town officials established the temporary program in the wake of the storm for six months, but have since extended the deadline twice. The program allows for all Hempstead Town Building...

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Long Beach voters approve $3M budget for library

The City of Long Beach Public Library.

Photo credit: Ian J. Stark

Voters passed the Long Beach library district’s nearly $3.4 million budget and re-elected trustee Alan Greenberg in Tuesday night’s election.

The budget did not include money to restock the West End library, which had generated protest from some residents of the West End neighborhood who said they would vote against the budget. The library was destroyed by superstorm Sandy.

The library...

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N. Hempstead supervisors from 1784-2013

Retired Town Supervisor May Newburger speaks after a

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp

The Town of North Hempstead, previously part of Hempstead, was formed in 1784 after a rift between the Patriots in northern section who were sympathetic to Revolutionary War cause and the Tories of southern Hempstead.

The town has since been led by 35 supervisors. The current supervisor, Jon Kaiman, of Great Neck, announced yesterday that he won’t seek re-election after 10 years in the post.

Adrian...

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Huntington High School chorus, seniors celebrate Memorial Day early

Paul Kelly, 69, of Huntington, who served in

Photo credit: Brittany Wait

Members of Huntington High School’s chorus walked into the Town of Huntington Senior Citizens Center Thursday and handed military veterans and seniors replica poppy flowers.

Days before Memorial Day, the center held an early tribute event at Nathan Hale VFW Post 1469, presenting the colors and words from a local military veteran from the post, followed by patriotic songs sung by the high school’s...

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Road closures for 3 Memorial Day parades

Children --- and wagons -- decked out in

Photo credit: Ed Betz

The Suffolk County County Police Department Sixth Precinct is advising motorists of street closures for three Memorial Day parades this weekend.

Centereach Memorial Day Parade, Sunday, May 26 Route 25 from Rustic Road to Nicolls Road and Horseblock Road  in Centereach from Route 25, south to Blydenburgh Road, will be closed from 12:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. The ramp from southbound Nicolls Road...

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