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• Cops: Amityville driver who hit house was drunk

  Amityville man was drunk when he drove his car off the road in Hempstead and into a fencepost, sending it flying into the head of a woman who was in her yard smoking a cigarette, Nassau police said Sunday.Lorenzo Kelly, 42, of 98 Monroe St., then drove his 1:35 PM Read more »

• Audio: Police scanner dispatches of home invasion near Hofstra

  to audio of scanner dispatches as Nassau County police respond to a home invasion off the Hempstead campus of Hofstra University early Friday morning.Police said the incident led to the death of student Andrea Rebello and gunman Dalton Smith.This audio has 5/18/13 Read more »

• Hempstead Town officials to rally for annual Lindbergh flight day

  officials plan to gather at the site of Charles Lindberghs historic flight to Paris Monday to rally for the state to designate May 20 as Trans-Atlantic Flight Day in New York.Assemb. Edward Ra (R-Franklin Square) intends to submit a resolution calling for   Read more »

• Seaford meeting on rebuilding in wake of Sandy

  Legis. Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick), who is hosting the event.The meeting will focus on rebuilding homes, elevating homes, Hempstead building permit requirements, insurance issues and FEMA assistance, Denenberg said in a statement.Flooding on residential streets,   Read more »

• Newsday honored for Sandy, Hempstead Turnpike coverage

  -- at the Deadline Club's annual awards banquet last night in Manhattan.In the local news category, Newsday won for "Hempstead Turnpike: 16 Deadly Miles," written by Keith Herbert and Jennifer Maloney.The newspaper's staff won the spot news award for "Devastated:   Read more »

Around the web

• ATH: Congratulations Hofstra Graduates

  NY - Hofstra University celebrated its Spring 2013 commencement exercises on Sunday, May 19 at the Mack Sports Complex. Student-athletes from Hofstra's 17 teams were among the graduates honored on Sunday. Among the many speakers at the graduation were Hofstra 27 m ago from Hofstra Pride Athletics Read more »

• BB: Hofstra Battles Back, But Fall In Extra Innings

  NY - Hofstra battled back from a 9-4 deficit to send the game to extra innings, but Luke Dunlap hit a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to snap a 10-10 tie as UNCW posted a 12-10 win over the Pride Saturday afternoon. The loss coupled with a James 5/18/13 from Hofstra Pride Athletics Read more »

• Hofstra student shot in home robbery was killed by police, officials say

  and several other women. Police identified Saturday the man allegedly involved in the home robbery as Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead. According to WNBC, Rebello, a Hofstra University student, and Smith were both shot and killed as he was trying to back out 5/18/13 from MSNBC Read more »

• Hempstead Town Partners with Bellmore Businesses, Provides Property for Chamber of Commerce Office

  Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Councilwoman Angie Cullin and Councilman Gary Hudes joined the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the organization’s new office on Pettit Avenue. “This is a great day for one of the most   from Town of Hempstead Read more »

• Hempstead Town Joins Zwanger-Pesiri Breaking Ground on New State-of-the-Art Facility on Formerly Blighted Property

  Town Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilman Gary Hudes joined the doctors from Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology to celebrate the groundbreaking for their newest facility, in the heart of Levittown. Once the site of an active Jewish Community Center, the property on   from Town of Hempstead Read more »