Janelle Clausen

Janelle Clausen is a reporter with Blank Slate Media covering the Great Neck peninsula and Town of North Hempstead. She previously freelanced for the Amityville Record, Massapequa Post and the Babylon Beacon. When not reporting, the south shore native can usually be found buried in a book, playing video games or talking Star Wars.

Janelle Clausen

Janelle Clausen is a reporter with Blank Slate Media covering the Great Neck peninsula and Town of North Hempstead. She previously freelanced for the Amityville Record, Massapequa Post and the Babylon Beacon. When not reporting, the south shore native can usually be found buried in a book, playing video games or talking Star Wars.
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NSHA speakers urge grads to embrace strength, challenge and kindness

More than 100 students graduated from the Great Neck-based yeshiva North Shore Hebrew Academy High School on Thursday night, with

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Bral victorious in Village of Great Neck

Voters overwhelmingly returned Great Neck Village Mayor Pedram Bral and two incumbent trustees to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday

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Concerns raised over Sunday hours at library

The Great Neck Library board approved holiday closings and Sunday hours for September 2019 to August 2020 on Monday, which

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Speakers urge USMMA grads to fight complacency, persevere

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point graduated 200 students at its commencement ceremony Saturday, with speakers urging mariners

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Mysterious VGN letter on election disturbs the community

Asian groups and several individuals condemned a letter sent to Blank Slate Media about the Great Neck village elections, describing

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Man arrested in murder of Great Neck teaching aide

Police arrested a Massapequa man in connection with the murder of a Great Neck teaching aide from Merrick and told

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Who’s running for trustee in the Village of Great Neck

Four candidates are vying for two trustee seats in the Village of Great Neck election on Tuesday, offering differing professional

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Great Neck Village candidates make pitches at separate forums

Village of Great Neck voters had a chance to meet Board of Trustees candidates on Tuesday, exactly a week before

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Battle lines drawn in contested Great Neck race

Village of Great Neck voters will decide on two trustees and who should be mayor on Tuesday in a hotly

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New First Playhouse plans prompt new review

The developers for the First Playhouse development in Great Neck Estates submitted a new set of plans last month, village

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Bral team outlines accomplishments, responds to allegations

Great Neck Village Mayor Pedram Bral and his administration laid out a record of accomplishments in an email interview last

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Retail fights to survive in the Amazon era

It is a sight Francesca Carlow, president of the Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce, sees often. Someone comes

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Plaza trustees approve $32K more for Shoreward Drive project

Great Neck Plaza trustees approved $32,925 more in spending to support engineering services from LKB Engineering for a “transportation enhancement

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Great Neck man arrested for public lewdness: Police

A Great Neck man was arrested Friday for allegedly exposing himself to women on two separate occasions while asking for

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Great Neck Plaza summer concerts return June 18

Great Neck Plaza’s annual concert series will usher in summer in the village June 18, presenting free concerts every Tuesday

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