The Top 7 Stories for Malverne and West Hempstead

As residents flocked to the polls to vote for local representatives in the election held on Nov. 2, Malverne-West Hempstead Patch went live.

In just under two months, Patch has covered many interesting stories for Malverne and West Hempstead and we look forward to keeping our fingers on the pulse of these two communities as we enter into another year. As we prepare to ring in 2011, let's take a look at the top stories that made headlines on Malverne-West Hempstead Patch for 2010.

1. Just as Malverne-West Hempstead Patch's local editor was about to put her final story to bed, shut off her laptop and hit the sack, t at 4am in the Malverne school district buses that were parked at Davison Avenue School. Patch was the first media outlet on the scene of the early morning blaze on Nov. 7, which destroyed the three district buses and was later ruled to be .
2. Patch also covered the ongoing saga of the West Hempstead teachers union and the district's Board of Education, which have yet to come to a resolution over the faculty's The teachers have now been working over 500 days without a contract.
3. For weeks throughout the fall, Malverne was subjected to several road closures and residents were hit with notices as the village embarked on a roadway improvement project that had some .
4. West Hempstead High School became a safe haven for Orthodox Jewish residents of the Five Towns community earlier this month when the American Red Cross of Nassau County selected the building to serve as the site of the County's
5. The snow has yet to melt in Malverne and West Hempstead, but the made its mark on the community. Patch covered the storm from the that the area would be hit by up to two feet of snow to the as residents worked to recover. The snow crippled some services including and and residents spent hours trying to  ...and Patch covered it all.
6. The Nassau County Legislature finally   to give the Nassau Land Trust rights to manage the historical Grossmann's Farm in Malverne, which will preserve a major landmark in the village.
7. West Hempstead residents learned that after over a decade of protests by community activists, the Courtesy Hotel's days in the community are numbered as a prospective developer the notorious building.