A federal jury has awarded $5.2 million to a former Hempstead Town employee who claimed retaliation by the town after complaining she was denied promotions due to her gender. In 2017, Debra Fee, then a town highway employee, sued the town, alleging she ha... See more
A state judge has ruled that false statements made at Hempstead Town Board meetings by an animal advocate about an animal behavioralist were slanderous, awarding the behaviorist $1,500. Diane Madden, long a regular at Hempstead Town Hall who has been crit... See more
The Lido Golf Course will remain open as the Town of Hempstead renovates nine greens during the 2026 golf season — and the town will charge golfers half price while the work is being done, town officials announced. Holes 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18 and the ch... See more
The line that divides North Hempstead and Hempstead can be traced all the way back to the American Revolution. On Tuesday, North Hempstead officials honored 12 patriots buried at Monfort Cemetery in Port Washington who helped draw that line, and who decla... See more
Work has begun and donations are flowing in to preserve St. Paul’s School, the mammoth historic landmark in the middle of Garden City that has spent more than three decades in limbo. Earlier this month, two nonprofits announced large donations for the pre... See more
