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The Nassau Young Republicans named Woodmere resident Ann Salpeter Schockett, who heads the Woodmere Republican Club, “Executive Leader of the Year.”

Through a varied professional career that includes being the president of a cable television production company to her current position as director of print media for the Nassau County Police Department, Ann Salpeter Schockett has always been interested in politics. more

JEFF BESSEN | 6/23/11

Jeff Navon grabbed a rebound over two other players at the 25th annual Rock and Wrap It Up! Sid Tanenbaum Basketball Tournament.

Hooping it up at North Woodmere Park [Photo gallery]

More than 50 teams divided into five divisions, including a wheel chair division participated in the 25th annual Rock and Wrap It Up! Sid Tanebaum Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Nassau County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Sid Tanenbaum Foundation at North Woodmere Park last Sunday. more

6/10/11

Lawrence Woodmere Academy senior Hannah Ahn won a $60,000 scholarship to the School of Visual Arts. From left, English tutor Ellen Karcinell, Ahn’s mother HyunJoo Park, Ahn and her guardian JungHae Rhee.

A $60,000 academic and artistic windfall

A young woman who emigrated from Seoul, South Korea at 17, and three years later is a senior at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, won a $60,000 scholarship to the School of Visual Arts – the highest amount that school awards. more

JEFF BESSEN | 6/2/11

Senior Ian Shoenfeld has been solid on the mound for the Tigers.

LWA baseball rolling again

The ultimate goal of any team is not necessarily, as one might expect, to win its league’s championship. Sure, titles and trophies are great, but the real hallmark of a good team is in consistently playing the game, in the words of Lawrence Woodmere Academy varsity baseball coach Mike Cohn, “the right way.” more

TOM JORDAN | 5/11/11

Marcie Osterer, right, fights to block the opposing jammer during a roller derby scrimmage

Woodmere resident plays roller derby

When Woodmere native Marcie Osterer showed up to her first Long Island Roller Rebels roller derby practice at United Skates in Massapequa she was overwhelmed and had no idea what she got herself into. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 4/7/11

The second annual Hewlett Friend-Raiser will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the high school. The Hewlett Elementary Fifth grade Chorale performs at last year’s Friend-Raiser.

H-W Friend-raiser: Making community a big part of life

Matt Tinkelman, a senior at Hewlett-Woodmere High School, has always wanted to live in the kind of community you see in the movies where everyone knows each other so in 2009 he took it upon himself to create an event that would bring people together to celebrate the arts, the Hewlett-Woodmere Community Friend-Raiser. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 2/9/11

Michael Chasanoff dies at 78

Michael Chasanoff, a prominent commercial real estate developer, and 30-year Hewlett resident, died Jan. 21. He was 78. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 2/2/11

Edward Nick ‘Tim’ Carpenter, who died at 91 on Jan. 12, was a big supporter of Lawrence Woodmere Academy and is remembered as a likeable and helpful person.

Edward ‘Tim’ Carpenter of Lawrence dies at 91

Edward Nick “Tim” Carpenter, a longtime Lawrence resident, who fought in World War II, was successful in business and became a strong supporter of Lawrence Woodmere Academy died on Jan. 12. He was 91. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 1/27/11

Edward ‘Tim’ Carpenter of Lawrence dies at 91

Edward Nick “Tim” Carpenter, a longtime Lawrence resident, who fought in World War II, was successful in business and became a strong supporter of Lawrence Woodmere Academy died on Jan. 12. He was 91. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 1/26/11

Temple Israel in Lawrence, the only Reform synagogue in the Five Towns, is developing programs to increase its membership as the area’s Orthodox population swells.

Five Towns synagogue landscape changes

The Five Towns communities of Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Hewlett, Woodmere and Inwood continue to attract a robust Jewish population, though change has come in the makeup of its worship traditions. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 1/26/11