
Joshua Needelman
Reporter at Newsday
Reporter @Newsday covering the Town of North Hempstead. Former @nytimes reporting fellow. Product of @thedbk. Green tea guy. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Joshua Needelman
A proposal in Carle Place that includes what could be Long Island's first Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers advanced after the Town of North Hempstead approved site plans for the project. The property where the restaurant and other facilities would be located includes the former site of the Chateau Briand catering hall, which closed in December 2022.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Joshua Needelman
Nassau police arrested two Brooklyn men Saturday, saying they used fake bills as payment at a CVS in Roslyn Heights. The men, Randy Jenkins and Dave Sterling, both 29, "used counterfeit bills to make multiple purchases within the store" at 12:05 p.m. Saturday, according to a police news release. The police were called to the store and an investigation was conducted, according to a police spokesperson. The men were then identified and placed under arrest, the spokesperson said.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Joshua Needelman
North Hempstead Town sent a message to residents who feed pigeons on commercial properties: Stop — or face the consequences. The town board amended its zoning code Tuesday to make it a violation for a resident to "feed, keep, or harbor pigeons" on a commercial property "except when authorized by the Board of Zoning and Appeals." Previously, the town only had been permitted to prosecute the owner, tenant or subtenant of the building.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Joshua Needelman |Joseph Ostapiuk
The attorney for a Centre Island businessman disqualified from running for mayor in next week's election is urging a state Supreme Court justice to reverse that decision, while the village's lawyers say he missed the window to challenge. Andrew Woodstock filed a lawsuit on June 2, arguing that Centre Island Village officials engaged in a "conspiracy" to prevent him from running in the June 17 contest.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Joshua Needelman
North Hempstead officials watched with smiles on Wednesday evening as a local LGBTQ+ advocate raised the Pride flag high above town hall in Manhasset. The town will keep the flag raised for the rest of the month, Supervisor Jennifer DeSena confirmed in an interview.
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North Hempstead is the lone town on Long Island without a cat shelter, leaving activists to care for the area's stray cat population. One woman feeds cats behinds a Roslyn shopping center twice a day. She named them Precious and Rascal. https://t.co/b67ATw8Eug