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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The Jacket from Dachau: a showcase of Holocaust resilience

Stepping inside the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, a long corridor of documents, maps and photos detail the life of Benzion Persecki

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Great Neck Library seeks applicants for four seats

The Great Neck Library is looking for people to fill two nominating committee seats and compete for two board of

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Robert McIntyre, former Great Neck mayor, dies at 85

Robert McIntyre, Village of Great Neck mayor from 1977 to 1981, died on April 29 of heart failure in Haslett,

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Great Neck Library budget vote on May 16

Residenets will be voting on a $9.76 million library budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year on May 16. The budget

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The Island Today: Serving up smiles on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast Arts Center and Gold Coast International Film Festival hosted French chef Jacques Pépin at a film and

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Great Neck mobilizing for school elections

Marlene Sotelo-Dynega said she never voted for anything aside from presidential elections. But as a parent of a toddler, who

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Calling for unity, Ilya Aronovich drops out of Great Neck school board race

The last public forum with the Great Neck Board of Education candidates ended with a stirring push for unity and

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Saaho Village brings a fresh feel to an ancient art of rice noodle making

Saaho Village, one of the newest eateries in Great Neck Plaza, aims to revive an ancient art of noodle making

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Jacques Pépin fires up fans at Gold Coast Arts Center

The Gold Coast Arts Center and Gold Coast International Film Festival hosted French chef Jacques Pépin at a film and

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A teacher, a Facebook post, and a fight to save her reputation

Galit Kaffash, a teacher at the Long Island Hebrew Academy, feared for her job – and her reputation – when

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Three businesses approved to open in Great Neck Plaza

The Great Neck Plaza village board approved conditional-use permits for three businesses Wednesday night, welcoming the new owners of a

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North Hempstead hosts ‘Not in Our Town’ forum

The Town of North Hempstead and Holocaust Memorial Tolerance Center of Nassau County hosted "Not in Our Town: A Unity

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Great Neck Village approves Vigilant ambulance contract

The Great Neck Village Board of Trustees renewed an ambulance contract with Vigilant Fire and Ambulance Company on Tuesday night, ending

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Asian-American vote seen as vital in Great Neck elections

Lawrence Gross, a 12-term Board of Education trustee and resident of Great Neck for over four decades, said that Great

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Great Neck BOE candidate tackles ‘rumor mill’

When Nikolas Kron appeared at last week's "Meet the Candidates" event, he described himself as a pro-public school professional consultant and

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