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Andy Butera is honored by the East Meadow Fire Department and American Legion Post 1082, in a photo that helped photo Tim Baker win an award from the New York Press Association over the weekend.

Herald wins nine state awards, including best sports feature

Herald Community Newspapers took home nine state awards at the New York Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest over the weekend in Albany. more

STAFF REPORT | 4/1/23

Atlantic Beach resident Matthew Sharin, a Lawrence High senior, will present his research at the Materials Research Society fall meeting this month.

Lawrence senior to present at Materials Research Society

Lawrence High School senior Matthew Sharin was chosen to present his scientific research at the Materials Research Society fall meeting in Boston, a conference that brings together industry professional and academic experts. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 11/3/22

Taylor Yon, 16, top, survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. She and fellow survivor Zoe Gordon, 15, came to Stony Brook University recently for the Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists.

Inside the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Part seven in an ongoing series. Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yon found comfort in Pine Trails Park, virtually in the center of Parkland, Fla. There, she and her friends wandered its sidewalks, past its familiar playgrounds, ball fields and band shell, and lit candles for the dead. Afterward, they sat on towels on the ground and talked for hours, struggling to put into words, to understand, the massacre perpetrated by a one-time student of their school, whom the Herald is not identifying. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/2/18

Taylor Yon, 16, top, survived the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. She and fellow survivor Zoe Gordon, 15, bottom, came to Stony Brook University recently for the Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists. Both are on the staff of their student newspaper, The Eagle Eye.

Inside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting

Part seven in an ongoing series.Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yon found comfort in Pine Trails Park, virtually in the center of Parkland, Fla. There, she and her friends wandered its sidewalks, past its … more

By Scott Brinton | 8/2/18

The Long Island Association, in conjunction with Stony Brook University's Advanced Energy Research Center, the Gershow Recycling Corporation and Deepwater Wind, hosted a tour last Wednesday of the wind farm recently constructed three miles off the Block Island coastline. At center, in yellow, was LIA Board of Directors member Katherine Heaviside.

The future is blowing in the wind

New York officials say they hope to generate half of the state’s power from renewable sources by 2030. To meet this goal, officials are looking to the recently constructed Block Island offshore wind farm as a model for how renewable energy can power whole communities. more

By Tyler Marko | 10/10/17

Sleuthing through waste stains to locate penguins

Using Google Earth to track guano stains — a build up of penguin waste — Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway fifth-graders, with the help of their teacher, Lisa Rosenberg and Dr. Heather Lynch, an associate professor of ecology and evolution at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, are locating penguin colonies in Antarctica. more

By Diana Colapietro | 11/30/16

Friends of Rock Hall Museum honored local high schools at their 40th annual meeting on June 10. From left were Friends President Jean Kestel, board member Ron Goldman, students Aharon Goldblatt and Benjamin Goykadosh, and their history teacher, Renee Friedman.

Talking history at Rock Hall Museum

Installing new directors and officers and honoring high school students who excel in American history were a large part of the 40th annual meeting of the Friends of Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence on June 10. more

By Vanessa Parker | 6/17/15

Chimps face N.Y. court test of 'personhood'

Chimpanzee stories invite cheap shots, jokes and memories of J. Fredd Muggs (a regular on “The Today Show”), but the true story of these primates in modern times . . . more

6/11/15

Hewlett Happenings student columnist Alison Hagen.

‘STEAM’ing toward science success

Science is in everything around us: the way the sun rises, the way our food cooks, cars move, iPhones work, birds chirp, and students learn. Hewlett High School’s science department is highly regarded for its rigorous Advanced Placement classes, and success in competitions. more

By Alison Hagen | 10/29/14

This poster in the Nassau University Medical Center warns patients and staff to seek immediate medical attention if experiencing Ebola-like symptoms.

Cuomo pushes statewide Ebola plan

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide Ebola plan on Oct. 16 that called for the coordination of health care, Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers to combat a potential spread of the Ebola virus should it cross New York’s borders. He also designated eight hospitals, including Long Island’s North Shore-LIJ, in Nassau County, and Stony Brook University Hospital, in Suffolk, to act as regional centers for treating patients with Ebola. more

By David Weingrad | 10/22/14