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• Cops: Off-duty NYPD cop helps nab burglar

  An 18-year-old from Baldwin was arrested and charged with burglarizing a home in Jericho Monday morning, police said.Jahvis Williams of 837 Jefferson St. was arrested after an off-duty female NYPD officer in Levittown noticed him acting suspicious and ca 2/14/12 Read more »

• Nassau Championship Series Determined

  Both the Liberty and Michelino Divisions completed their semifinal rounds yesterday, with two teams cruising through to the championship series and two others having to fight to the finish to reach the finals.In Liberty, No. 2 Oceanside shocked No. 3 Lyn   Read more »

• Levittown residents question Nassau police plan

  A Levittown meeting billed as a Neighborhood Watch Community Forum turned into a question-and-answer session on the new plan for Nassau Countys police precincts.About 80 residents in the Division Avenue High School auditorium Thursday night heard Legis.   Read more »

• Scannell: Nassau police plan lacks details

  Legis. Joseph Scanell (D- Baldwin ) is ranking member of the Nassau County Legislature's Public Safety Committee. One of the most important functions of government is protecting the public. The Nassau County Police Department is entrusted with the respon   Read more »

• Hempstead OKs Navy water treatment facility

  The Navy won't need to go through local zoning approvals to build a treatment facility in Levittown to filter pollution that is threatening local drinking water, Hempstead Town officials said.The town board of appeals decided after a hearing Wednesday to   Read more »

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• Chamber Seeks to Fill Empty Turnpike Stores

  Hempstead Turnpike was once Levittown's busiest place of business. "When people think of Levittown, they think of Hempstead Turnpike automatically," said Levittown Chamber of Commerce president Dean Baer. "There really aren’t that many other landmarks fo   from Levittown Patch Read more »

• Levittown History as Long Island History

  The suburban Long Island that was launched with the building of Levittown has been treated by students of Long Island history with a certain ambivalence. Writers such as Alonzo Gibbs, Robert Cushman Murphy and Jacqueline Overton treated everything that h   from Levittown Patch Read more »

• Nassau PBA Rejects County Plan to Reorganize Police Precincts

  Nassau County’s Police Benevolent Association is blasting the county executive’s plan to reorganize four of the county’s eight police precincts into Community Policing Centers. The plan, unveiled on Monday, calls for eliminating 100 desk jobs and reassig   from WNYC | New York Public Radio Read more »

• Letter: Selling Off the County’s Sewage Treatment Plants

  (Editor’s note: This letter is in response to “Denenberg Asks AG to Investigate Privatization of Sewage Plants,” that appeared in the Friday, Jan. 13 edition of the Levittown Tribune. This is one of two letters from Claudia Borecky. Her letter next week   from Westbury Times Read more »

• Black History in Levittown

  Levittown, I fancy, is to the whole "white flight" myth what Roswell, New Mexico is to UFO buffs; urban legends both coincidentally entering the popular culture in 1947. It's true that Levitt & Sons contained a "caucasians only" clause in their original   from Levittown Patch Read more »