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Camp Hillel in Lawrence hosted Mets players Brandon Nimmo and Robert Gsellman on July 20. Coby Agamie, 10, was thrilled to have Gsellman autograph his Mets cap.

Cheers of, “They’re here! They’re here!” rang out across the field at Hillel Day Camp as Brandon Nimmo and Robert Gsellman, an outfielder and a relief pitcher, respectively, for the New York Mets arrived in Lawrence on July 20. more

By Tyler Marko | 7/26/18

Elijah Hill, 6, showed off his sculpture of his inspiration for a better world — his favorite superhero — Spider-Man.

Five Towns Teens Lead program aims to build a better world

The Lawrence School District requires students to complete 20 hours of community service to graduate, and the Hewlett-Woodmere district rewards students who complete 120 hours over the course of four years with a silver cord at graduation. more

By Tyler Marko | 7/26/18

Kulanu takes 50 to the ole ball game

Compliments of the Dime Community Bank, a group of 50 Kulanu members visited MCU Park to see the Brooklyn Cyclones play the Staten Island Yankees on July 8. All were said to be excited to witness the return of New York Mets’ star pitcher Noah Syndergaard to the mound after suffering an injury in May. more

7/19/18

Motorists across Long Island needed to drive with caution as a snowstorm, yes, snow in April, could drop up to a half a foot on the South Shore.

March winds bring April (snow) showers

Yes, it's April on the calendar, but apparently Mother Nature refuses to cooperate as a fast moving snowstorm could drop up to 6 inches across Long Island and the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/2/18

Helene Kaufman was passionate about her family, her religion and the New York Yankees.

Helene Kaufman, 93

Helene Kaufman née Popover, of Keene, New Hampshire, was a former hospital administrator who volunteered at her synagogue for 30 years and lived in Brooklyn and Woodmere. She died on Sept. 11, at Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland. She was 93. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/21/17

Hillel campers lined up to get an autograph from Mets player T. J. Rivera. Coby Agamie, 9, was the first to meet the native Bronxite.

Mets players and Mr. Met visit Hillel Day Camp

For the third year in a row campers at Hillel Day Camp were treated to a day of fun with a pair of New York Mets players when infielders Wilmer Flores and Bronxite T.J. Rivera visited on July 21. more

By Tyler Marko | 7/27/17

Jon Pessah, a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine, spoke about baseball and sports issues at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Feb. 17.

Talking baseball at Temple Israel

Growing up in Bayside, Queens in the 1950s, Jon Pessah thought he was going to play center field for the New York Yankees. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/23/17

Helping military veterans connect to needed services

At the Laid Back Festival on July 23 at the Jones Beach Theater, Syd Mandelbaum was set up at a Rock and Wrap it Up! booth for the Cedarhurst-based, anti-poverty think tank he founded 26 years ago. more

By Diana Colapietro | 8/17/16

A Hall of Famer on and off the field

Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra left school in the eighth grade to help support his family. He grew up poor . . . more

10/1/15

The Yankee captain was truly one of a kind

For the past six months, the news has been consistently dominated by one subject. Not the war in Iraq. Not the NFL scandal. All have been competitors with the biggest item of the times . . . more

10/2/14

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