Nassau County is proposing a $25 filing fee for homeowners who wish to challenge their assessments and the Town of Hempstead is opposing such a fee. According to Town Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, residents who challenge their assessments should not be charged to challenge possible egregious over-assessments of their properties. FULL STORY

The issue of the abandoned Alva T. Stanforth School in Elmont has long been a controversial one and has even been the subject of tension between Elmont and Floral Park. That tension was made evident after a Jan. 28 Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting. FULL STORY