News From Neighboring Towns

Here are the most interesting stories from neighboring Patches this week:

Lynbrook

• Patch conducted a , who will be heading to the State Assembly on Jan. 1. Monday's board meeting saw the of Curran's successor, Bill Hendrick.
• Spreading some good cheer, the youth group of Lynbrook Baptist Church went into the city to the homeless.

Malverne-West Hempstead

• Right in time for Christmas, Patch featured stories about a who accumulated more than 100 plush bears for sick and less fortunate children and another story on students from Malverne's middle school  of food for Long Island Cares.
• In a follow up, the full Nassau County Legislature unanimously  of an organization to manage Grossmann's Farm in Malverne, which the county had purchased.
• A proposal to provide a tax exemption to residents serving in the West Hempstead and Lakeview Fire Departments  through the West Hempstead Board of Education.

Rockville Centre

• About 40 children in need will have had a better holiday because of  held at Hempstead Middle School.
• A Mineola woman who worked as a site manager for the Rockville Centre branch of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children was arrested after she from mentally-challenged adults under her care, police said.
• The mayor of RVC was part of a Long Island delegation who to the legislature they should consider before they adopt a property tax cap.