Today, Elmont residents have a chance to affirm one of its core values - public education. Vote yes today for Jazz Masters and Model UN.  Vote yes today for District Wide Music Festival and Operation Success.  Vote yes today for administrators like Al and Ralph and John and Amy and Mr. A.  Vote yes beacuse our teachers are inspiration to our children.

Elmont Online on this Mother's Day weekend join Valley Stream Moms in recognizing Milagros Vincente, Valley Stream's Mom of the Month.  Milagros, mother of three, is busy being Mom but not so busy as to ignore or accept the status quo in the community around her.  You will bump into Milagros on the streets of Elmont and when you do she is likely to ask for your signature.

Milagros "is synonymous with the "Save the 5th Precinct" movement, a community effort to stop the closure of Valley Stream's police precinct.  Recently, she began advocating against the closing of four police precincts and went around the community with her children collecting signatures, and organizing community meetings and rallies. Approximately 7,500 signatures later, "Save The 5th Precinct" has turned into a movement to keep residents informed and involved."

The Elmont Chamber of commerce held its 2nd annual Economic Summit at the Elmont Public Library on May 2, 2012. The program, a panel discussion with liberal audience participation was a resounding success. A near standing room only group of residents and business owners met at the Knickman Room at the Elmont Public Library to hear about a new vision for economic development in Elmont.

During opening remarks Elmont Chamber Vice President and forum moderator Muzzio Tallini recapped the year’s Chamber activities. “Last year, this event marked the beginning of a renaissance for the Elmont Chamber” said Tallini. He enumerated a number of Chamber initiatives including three networking events at local establishments, Fiorano Tile, Belmont Park and Bethpage Credit Union. The Elmont Farmer's Market, a Pole Banner Drive along Hempstead Turnpike, the Invest in Elmont $5K Scholarship, The Tom Bennet Spaghetti Dinner for Veterans at Gotham Avenue School, and a Jobs Fair were all new Chamber sponsored events.

Why Elmont residents should come out in large numbers to support public education.

Superintendents Al Harper and Dr. Ferrie are busy informing the community about the upcoming 2012-13 budgets.  The Superintendents and designees are visiting local civics and have said they will present the two school district budgets to any group desirous of hearing directly from them.  The budget and school board vote is held annually on the third Tuesday of May.  This year’s vote is scheduled for May 15, and polls are open from 6 AM to 9 PM.  Elmont residents vote at polling stations located at each of the six elementary schools Alden Terrace, Dutch Broadway, 

Clara H Carlson, Covert, Gotham Ave, Stewart Manor and the school district office located at 135 Elmont Road.

(ELMONT, NY) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Elmont) sponsored a well-attended health and wellness forum at Elmont Memorial Library on Thursday, April 26, 2012.

The forum, which took place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., helped educate residents about overall physical and mental health, and increase awareness about health services.

Residents were glad to take part in free health screenings, including blood pressure and mammography.

"I am so happy to be here", said one resident, "I was laid off a month ago and needed to followup on on some testing my doctor recommended and here I was able to make arrangements to get it for free"

The Elmont Chamber of Commerce will host its Second Annual Elmont Summit on Wednesday May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Elmont Memorial Library, on 700 Hempstead Turnpike.

Expected panelists include Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Elmont), Floral Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy, Vision Long Island executive director Eric Alexander and David Sabatino of Envision Valley Stream.