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The Hewlett-Woodmere School District replaced the cupola atop the Woodmere Education Center, which was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy.

Traffic was slowed and stopped on Broadway in Woodmere last Friday as a 150-foot-tall crane lifted a cupola tower and its copper top into place at the peak of the Woodmere Education Center, 70 feet above the street. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/10/14

Lawrence School District provided instructional space in its middle school for 200 first- and second-graders from the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach for nearly five weeks after Hurricane Sandy.

Sheltering students after the storm

The Lawrence School District and the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) brought new meaning to a public-private partnership, when the public school district opened its middle school to 200 first- and second-graders of the private school after Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/19/12

The Bay Park sewage plant in East Rockaway is one of three wastewater treatment facilities that will be maintained and operated by United Water.

Sewage is their specialty

Promising to save taxpayers $233 million over the next 20 years, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced a partnership with United Water on Monday to manage and operate the county’s three … more

By Mary Malloy | 7/2/14

Don’t let Sandy be a holiday Grinch

The holidays are in full swing, the stores are bustling with holiday shoppers, moms are baking their traditional Christmas butter cookies, but not all seems right with the world — not in our … more

By Mary Malloy | 12/19/12

A paper plate, bottles and other trash littered the shoreline of Hook Creek in North Woodmere Park.

Battling to keep the park clean

After noticing a significant amount of debris along the shoreline of Hook Creek, which flows through North Woodmere Park, Teri Schure said the waste was a problem prior to Hurricane Sandy and has only gotten worse. more

By Ann Friedman | 10/16/13

Hewlett Harbor village is rebuilding its infrastructure in order to stop the flooding along Pepperidge Road, above. Larger drainage pipes could be installed in the area as part of the process.

Small villages focus on big problems

Hurricane Sandy rebuilding talk often swirls around larger communities, but the smaller Five Towns villages of Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck are also seeking to mitigate the damage caused by flooding. more

By Vanessa Parker | 5/28/14

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

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

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 show must — and will — go on for Island Park Theatre Group!

Island Park Theatre Group is back with their production of Smokey Joe's Cafe after Mother Nature put plans for the production on hold last fall. more

By Mary Malloy | 4/18/13

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