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I didn’t know what to expect the morning we returned to Lawrence High School. Fishing out my ID card from a pocket of my backpack I hadn’t dipped into in two weeks, I opened the school door. more

By Nicole Bae | 11/21/12

Pets need post-Sandy help, too

Grateful residents — and their pets — welcomed North Shore Animal League America to East Rockaway on Nov. 15 when members of the no-kill shelter came to hand out pet food for those residents … more

By Mary Malloy | 11/21/12

Caring and sharing at Lawrence temple’s Sandy Shabbat [Photo gallery]

Temple Israel’s pre-Thanksgiving Shabbat service on Nov. 16 held a more special place in the Lawrence congregation’s minds as children from the Five Towns community and the Reform temple’s religious school had their personal experiences read aloud by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, and helped conduct the service. more

11/21/12

Caped crusaders and villains marched through the Early Childhood Center hallway.

Hewlett-Woodmere school community bonds over ad hoc event [Photo gallery]

Marjorie Tannenbaum, the nurse at the Franklin Early Childhood Center in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District had an idea to lift the spirits of the community after Hurricane Sandy. more

11/21/12

Tidal surges caused by Sandy pulled fish out of their natural habitat and landed them on Branch Boulevard.

Sandy tears up Branch Boulevard

Residents, like Teri Schure of North Woodmere, have been cut off from a valuable thoroughfare into the Five Towns as a tidal surge from Hurricane Sandy washed away part of Branch Boulevard that spans from Hungry Harbor Road to Peninsula Boulevard in Cedarhurst. more

By Ann E. Friedman | 11/21/12

The Variety Connection opened three days after Sandy hit the area and had supplies customers needed, owner Robert Wengrofsky said.

Open for business

Overcoming the challenges of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath has fatigued many, but with Hanukkah and Christmas on the horizon, area residents may welcome the chance to shed some of that storm-weariness by getting out of the house and going shopping. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/21/12

Lawrence High School suffered the most storm damage of the five open schools in the district.

Lawrence school district updates parents

Substituting a town hall-style meeting for its regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting on Monday, the Lawrence School District invited residents to the cafeteria in the high school for an update on district news after Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/20/12

Thanksgiving Tradition volunteers donated 200 turkey dinners to the First Baptist Church in Far Rockaway.

Helping for the holidays

For the past 17 years, Woodmere Lanes Owner Nick Paxinos has been preparing and delivering Thanksgiving meals to St. Boniface Parish in Elmont and the First Baptist Church in Far Rockaway, but this year he’s also planning to serve those who are displaced by Hurricane Sandy. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/20/12

The Town of Hempstead will have specialists from its building department at two sites in the Five Towns to answer residents questions about rebuilding their homes after Hurricane Sandy.

Mobile building department sites in the Five Towns

From noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Number Six School at the intersection of Peninsula and Branch boulevards in Woodmere and on Wednesday at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, the Town of Hempstead will have a walk-in center to help residents. more

11/19/12

Joplin's hearts are with our East Coast neighbors

Almost 18 months after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history cut a swath through the heart of Joplin, Mo., I discovered some words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer I have long admired. more

Carol Stark | 11/16/12

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