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The New York Times: Nassau County’s Bad Bet on Gambling

Source: The New York Times The community of Elmont, on Long Island, may soon be getting a neighborhood amenity that’s high-class and exciting, if you think a big carpeted box filled with a thousand video gambling machines is high-class and exciting. On Tuesday the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation announced that it would seek NewContinueContinue reading “The New York Times: Nassau County’s Bad Bet on Gambling”

The Elmont Excelsior Thank Yous

As we reflect on 2015, our second year of service to the #Elmont community, we have much to be thankful for. Over 10,890 unique readers visited our page this year for a total of 20,326 page views — THANK YOU to our dedicated and emerging readership! This year we also brought a dream to lifeContinueContinue reading “The Elmont Excelsior Thank Yous”

The Elmont Excelsior: 2015 in review

Thanks to WordPress for helping to prepare a 2015 annual report for The Elmont Excelsior’s dedicated and emerging readership: Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take aboutContinueContinue reading “The Elmont Excelsior: 2015 in review”

“POP Unit” Finally Returns to Elmont

Source: Steve Smirti, Long Island Herald Problem Oriented Policing, a.k.a. POP, has returned to the 5th Precinct in Elmont after a two-year absence. The Nassau County Police Department redeployed 16 officers to the unit after Thanksgiving. “Now that a new class of officers have begun, now they can start adding them in,” said Cristina Brennan,ContinueContinue reading ““POP Unit” Finally Returns to Elmont”

Elmont Memorial High School Honors Model Citizens

Source: Sewanhaka Central High School District Each month, Elmont Memorial’s Always a Better Choice (ABC) Committee honors students who perform good deeds every day. These model citizens deserve recognition and make Elmont Memorial a better place. Congratulations to senior Briana London, who was recognized for returning an iPhone, and sophomore Jasmine Richards, who intervenedContinueContinue reading “Elmont Memorial High School Honors Model Citizens”