The Courtesy Hotel has long been a troublesome spot for the members of the West Hempstead Civic Association. The civic association has been trying for years to have the hotel, which is said to be the location of various acts of criminal activity and a blight on the community, closed down. The Town of Hempstead has served the owners of the Courtesy Hotel with a summons and complaint, seeking legal recourse before the State Supreme Court to close down the hotel under the town's nuisance law. FULL STORY

This past Wednesday's Elmont Board of Education meeting could have been classified as two different events. First, the board and the district honored some of its finest educators and music students. Then parents, teachers, administrators and board members were treated to performances by the district's jazz band and chorus. FULL STORY