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The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished. more

10/3/13

ThE East Rockaway Education Foundation held its first meeting of the year on Sept. 25 in the high school and presented its slate of officers for 2013-14.

Getting down to the nitty-gritty

There was a lot of organizational “nitty-gritty” that had to be taken care of at the East Rockaway Education Foundation’s first meeting of the 2013-14 school year held on Sept. 25 in the East Rockaway High School conference room. more

By Richard Meagher | 10/2/13

William Stanback (Uniondale) was tough to tackle in the Empire Challenge game. He had four touchdowns to lead Long Island to an easy victory over New York City on June 18.

L.I. cruises in Empire Challenge

Long Island scored on its fourth offensive snap and never looked back on the way to defeating New York City, 40-8, on a rainy Tuesday night at Hofstra in as dominant a performance as there’s been in the 18-year history of the UnitedHealthcare Empire Challenge football game. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 6/24/13

inBloom: corporatizing America's schools

The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more

5/16/13

Global travel gives wings to H7N9 bird flu

There hasn’t been much news coverage of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, but recent reports trickling out of Beijing demand attention. more

4/18/13

A crew of Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters recently took the Riverhead Foundation’s “seal tour” in the waters off Jones Beach. They were joined by a handful of family members.

Herald staffers search for South Shore harbor seals

Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/26/13

east Rockaway Education Foundation board members accepted a check from alumni organizers of the event “Rebuild the Rock,” held last December. Pictured from left were event organizer Amanda Cooney, EREF board members Hugh Howard, Ken Pacheco, Vera Gallagher, Dan Caracciolo and Kristen Octera; EREF President Richard Meagher; and EREF board members Michelle Healy, Jane Brezenoff and Linda Howarth.

Looking ahead with the East Rockaway Education Foundation

The East Rockaway Education Foundation held its monthly meeting in the Richard J. Meagher Library at Centre Avenue School on Monday, with 11 board members — and one prospect — in attendance. The … more

By Mary Malloy | 1/30/13

That all-important foundation

Q. My basement and first floor were flooded and the concrete walls around my basement are now cracked. We removed all the wallboard and see that the cracks are very long across the wall, and pieces of the wall have even fallen to the floor. more

Monte Leeper | 1/17/13

Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Hofstra University

Hofstra University's alumni theater company returns to the stage with Stephen Sondheim's look at contemporary life and relationships. Other weekend higlights include the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company's annual gala concert and the Riverhead Foundation's winter seal cruises. more

1/9/13

A number of wounded veterans made the 3.1-mile-long journey from Red Hook to Lower Manhattan, some in wheelchairs, others with the aid of crutches.

9/11 run becomes one of NYC’s biggest races

More than 30,000 runners and walkers converged on the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on Sunday, lining up near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. At 9:30 a.m. they were off, hurrying through the tunnel and then the side streets and quiet park walkways of Lower Manhattan in the 11th annual Tunnel to Towers Run, which has become one of New York City’s biggest races. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/12

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