Island Park, NY

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• Bayview nursing center gets Nassau IDA deal

  $6-million plan for Island Park 's Bayview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to fully recover from superstorm Sandy received a boost Wednesday when Nassau County agreed to provide tax breaks.The aid package is a first for the county's industrial development   Read more »

• LIRR trains delayed for 'suspicious package' later deemed harmless

  Long Island Rail Road trains between Island Park and Long Beach stations were either cancelled or delayed during the evening rush hour Monday to allow authorities to investigate a suspicious package that later proved to be harmless, police said.The suspicious   Read more »

• Island Park flea market targets those hurt by Sandy

  temporarily from Island Park, where he has lived for 12 years. "That money [for food], I can use for other things."Island Harvest donated 240 boxes of food to the flea market, said Hecht, where people filled bags with everything from soup and water to baby   Read more »

• Island park home burglarized while resident slept

  and a watch were stolen from an 82-year-old Island Park man while he slept Saturday night, Nassau County police said.Detectives said the victim's Lancaster Place home was burglarized occurred sometime between 11:30 p.m. Saturday night and 7:30 a.m. Sunday,   Read more »

• Sandy-slammed LIers try to lower property tax assessments

  revenue -- and force them to choose between raising taxes and cutting services."We're definitely concerned about it," Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka said. "We're a small village, so really cutting any services we can't look at, because there's not much to   Read more »

Around the web

• ‘True Blue’ deals this weekend in Long Beach, Island Park

  pm Mon, April 8, 2013 Local merchants in Long Beach and Island Park will be offering special deals this weekend as part of its "True Blue" event to attract customers post-Hurricane Sandy. Complete access, including browser, mobile devices and tabletsOver 12   from Long Island Business Network Read more »

• Mary Pat Christie Hasn't Given Out Any Of Her Sandy Charity's $32 Million: Report

  by John Moore/Getty Images) Long Island Residents, Many Still Without Power, Continue To Clean Up After Superstorm Sandy ISLAND PARK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) Residents Paul and Donald Zezulinski and their dog 'Plywood' of Island Park show their appreciation   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Crimes Nearby: Swastika Drawn in Front of Home

  and unlicensed operation on Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook. On Feb. 28 at 11:45 p.m., Sonia Ojeda-Solorzano, 30, of Island Park, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation and failure to stop on Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook. On March 4 at 9:40   from Rockville Centre Patch Read more »

• Superstorm Sandy Victims To Renew Vows In Special Valentine’s Day Ceremony On L.I.

  a lifetime of memories to Sandy’s floods will renew their vows in a special ceremony at the Bridgeview Yacht Club in Island Park. Bridgeview is the perfect setting of the event which will celebrate “Love That Has Weathered the Storm.” The club was under seven   from CBS New York Read more »