Home - The Island Now The Island Now is the website for a chain of six weekly newspapers that serve the North Shore of Nassau County, Long Island published by Blank Slate Media. The newspapers are comprised of the Great Neck News, Manhasset Times, Roslyn Times, Port Washington Times, New Hyde Park Herald Courier and the Williston Times. Their coverage includes village governments, the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, schools, business, entertainment and lifestyle.