A community helps treasured Plainview hardware store make move

The owners say the move to a space twice as big represents a win for small business in an era when local stores struggle to compete with corporate chains and online retailers. Dan Naftol has been shopping at Trio Hardware in Plainview for 30 years, dropping in once or twice a week to buy nuts […]

Country Pointe Project in Development in Plainview

Plainview favorite Trio Hardware announced it will move down the road to the Country Pointe development. The changing landscape of the Plainview-Old Bethpage area near Old Country and Round Swamp roads signals the impending arrival of Country Pointe Plainview, a sprawling project with age-specific housing, along with retail, a clubhouse, trails and more. Grounds that […]

Village of East Rockaway Holds Annual Stars & Stripes Festival

Under warm sunny skies and slightly cloudy and breezy evenings, the Village of East Rockaway held its annual Stars & Stripes festival last weekend. Residents and neighbors from nearby communities flocked to the waterfront area of the village, taking full advantage of the rides, games of chance, entertainment, food, and a spectacular fireworks display on […]

Carol Leifer Performs Stand-Up Comedy at Meadowbrook Pointe

Former Seinfeld show writer Carol Leifer demonstrated her skills as a stand-up comic in an appearance on Saturday, Oct. 25, with what became a humorous monologue about growing up with her family in East Williston, her career and some of the finer points about Jewish behavior. “My dad was an optometrist who would come home […]

East Rockaway Zoning Board Approves Plan by Beechwood to Build 30 Condos

The East Rockaway zoning board has approved a plan by the Jericho-based developer the Beechwood Organization to build 30 owner-occupied condominiums on the site of the rundown Davison Boatyard and Marina, just a few feet west of the Oceanside border. Fifty-four condos proposed by Beechwood have already been approved by the Town of Hempstead for […]