A massive blackout hit the northeast on Thursday, August 14 at 4:14 p.m., affecting the Long Island Power Authority's 1.1 million electric customers as 50 million people lost electric service in the Northeast, portions of Canada and the mid-west. FULL STORY

There have been many votes over the years on uses for the Alva T. Stanforth Junior High School (ATS) property, which is located on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont. There will be another one on Tuesday as Sewanhaka School District Board of Education members will vote on whether to sell a portion of the land, which the school district owns, to the Elmont Public Library. The vote is likely to come at the next Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at Sewanhaka High School. The public session will commence at 8 p.m. FULL STORY