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City Manager Jack Schnirman, right, Public Works Commissioner Jim LaCarrubba and Deputy DPW Commissioner Joe Febrizio met with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers last Friday to discuss a new coastal protection project for Long Beach.

Just days after city officials held a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss a plan to protect the barrier island from future storms like Hurricane Sandy, U.S. … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/13/13

Blasted by the snow, again [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

A young Andrew Feldman, green polo, as a student at Lawrence Woodmere Academy. Feldman will return for a one-night benefit concert on March 3.

Andrew Feldman is back at Lawrence Woodmere Academy for one night

Lawrence Woodmere Academy alumnus Andrew Barth Feldman, a co-star of the 2023 romantic comedy ”No Hard Feelings,” will return to his alma mater for a one-night benefit concert on March 3. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 2/2/24

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages joins lawmakers and supporters like Assemblyman David Weprin, at left, and state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, at right, to call on her colleagues to support the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. The measure — currently included in the senate’s One House budget — would provide tax credits to local news outlets, so they can keep local reporters on the ground and covering communities.

Lawmakers, publishers rally in Albany to save local news

An advocacy group determined to save local news in New York rallied in Albany in an effort to bring more lawmakers to their cause. more

STAFF REPORT | 3/25/24

David Gill, Germany’s consul general, presented Marion Blumenthal Lazan with a Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the highest honor given by the German government, on Jan. 21.

Hewlett's Marion Blumenthal Lazan receives the highest honor

Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a longtime Hewlett resident, has received the highest honor given by the German government, for her courageous retelling of her experience of living through the Holocaust. more

By Parker Schug | 2/2/24

South Shore begins digging out [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

More than 500 people came out to support the fashion show that raised $55,000.

Mixing fashion and philanthropy [Photo gallery]

Temple Israel in Lawrence was filled to capacity on June 4 as more than 500 people came out to support “Couture for a Cause: Joys of Life.” more

6/19/13

Hewlett High School students listened to Mireille Taub, a Holocaust survivor, speak and took part in a live, interactive, virtual tour of a concentration camp in honor of Holocaust Awareness Day.

Holocaust Remembrance Day at Hewlett High School

Two days after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hewlett High School students received an education on the horrific historic event with several classes gathered in the building’s library to learn Mireille Taub, a French refugee who lives in Freeport, who shared her story of escaping from Paris before the Nazis took control along with her husband’s tale of concentration camp survival. more

By Parker Schug | 2/2/24

The synagogue’s annual Journal Dinner was organized by Bonnie Stein.

Dedicated members honored by synagogue [Photo gallery]

Five Towns residents Karen and Dr. Myron Boxer and Pepi and Marcel Buchsbaum were recognized for their commitment and service to Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere at the shul’s annual Journal Dinner on June 12. more

6/19/13

Five Towns and South Shore residents honored current lone soldiers at Sephardic Temple event, which included Paul and Susan Kaye. Paul served in the Israeli military in 1948.

South Shore FIDF event raises over $350,000 [Photo gallery]

More than $350,000 was raised at the third annual Five Towns and Greater South Shore Friends of the Israel Defense Forces dinner and program attended at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on May 28. more

6/4/14