Elmont residents have become more vigilant since the community saw a new speed camera installed outside Dutch Broadway elementary school. The camera stands a few feet tall in front of the lawn overlooking traffic running north and south along Dutch Broadway between Virginia Avenue and Tuxedo Drive. Cars can be seen crawling along as noContinueContinue reading “Flash: Speed camera spotted on Dutch Broadway”
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Progress on construction at vacant site
Back in May we chronicled the demolition of the long-standing “Fickle Filly” bar on Linden Boulevard. Here are recent photos of the progress of construction at this site. Once completed, the space will be used by adjacent P.C. Richard & Son as a car installation center to install car stereos, remote starters and the like.ContinueContinue reading “Progress on construction at vacant site”
Free Movie Thursdays 8/7: Epic
Only a few (four) weeks left of Nassau’s Free Outdoor Movie Series at Eisenhower Park. This week’s feature film is “Epic” (PG, 97 min). As usual, the movie will begin at 7 p.m. out on the field lawn at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater of Eisenhower Park. The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is located near parkingContinueContinue reading “Free Movie Thursdays 8/7: Epic”
Nassau now with red-light, speed cameras
[Via Newsday] School speed cameras showed up before we were ready. And that meant we didn’t have many answers when readers began to ask questions after reporter Laura Figueroa’s July 26 story, which revealed that three speed cameras are already at work in Nassau. We did know this much: The state law that authorized theContinueContinue reading “Nassau now with red-light, speed cameras”
August 5th is National Night Out
The introduction of National Night Out, “America’s Night Out Against Crime”, in 1984 began an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. NATW’s National Night Out program culminates annually, on the first Tuesday ofContinueContinue reading “August 5th is National Night Out”
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