Port Washington News

09/19/2026

The 45th annual Italian Festival brought thousands of visitors to North Hempstead Beach Park over the weekend for four days of Italian food, live music, carnival rides, fireworks and cultural activities, with organizers calling it the most successful festival in the event’s history.

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09/18/2026

For Melissa Errico, the songs of the Great American Songbook are more than classics. They are a language she uses to tell stories about love, longing, identity, and the complicated inner lives of adults.

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09/18/2026

Seven retired Navy veterans gathered at the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy for a reunion celebrating the 78th anniversary of the Navy’s Training Device Man rating and the history of naval simulation at the site.

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09/17/2026

Port Washington Youth Activities (PYA) will hold its 29th annual Golf Classic honoring the memory of longtime director and PYA Hall of Famer Marty Rybecky, and those directors and coaches no longer with us on Monday, Oct. 19.

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Port Washington Youth Activities (PYA) will hold its 29th annual Golf Classic honoring the memory of longtime director and PYA Hall of Famer Marty Rybecky,

09/16/2026

Concerns over increasing amounts of backyard paving and its potential impact on stormwater runoff prompted local village officials to discuss possible new restrictions on non-vegetative surfaces during their latest meeting.

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Concerns over increasing amounts of backyard paving and its potential impact on stormwater runoff prompted local village officials to discuss possible new

09/16/2026

A new communication board at Blumenfeld Family Park in Port Washington is giving children of all abilities another way to express themselves and participate in play.

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A new communication board at Blumenfeld Family Park in Port Washington is giving children of all abilities another way to express themselves and participate

09/15/2026

Port Washington marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an evening of remembrance and community pride at Whitney Field, culminating in a 54-21 victory for the Port Washington Vikings varsity football team over Syosset.

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Port Washington marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an evening of remembrance and community pride at Whitney Field, culminating in a

09/15/2026

Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the memories remain personal for families who lost loved ones, first responders who ran toward the devastation and communities that watched their neighbors leave home that morning and never return.

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That enduring grief and the spirit of unity that followed the attacks were at the center of Manorhaven’s 25th anniversary 9/11 ceremony Friday, where local

09/13/2026

The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a resolution designating Sept. 22 as Veterans Su***de and Remembrance Day, aiming to raise awareness of veteran su***de and encourage those struggling to seek help.

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09/11/2026

Community members, elected officials, clergy, veterans and first responders gathered Friday at the Town of North Hempstead’s 9/11 Memorial in Manhasset Valley Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and remember the nearly 3,000 people who died.

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