No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . .
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4/10/14
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The Jimi Gubelli Foundation held its annual 5K run/walk in Island Park on June 30.
The race is a fundraiser for the foundation, which gives scholarships to college-bound Island Park high school …
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7/11/12
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The Island Park School District held its second annual Scholarship Fundraiser last weekend.
Residents came out on June 9 for an afternoon of fun that benefitted a good cause. There was face …
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6/13/12
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In its fourth annual volleyball fundraising competition, the West Hempstead Education Association sold 500 tickets, collected hundreds of donated raffle items from members of the West Hempstead …
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3/7/12
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The New York Chapter of the National Association of Water Companies recently announced a scholarship program for high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in the water utility industry or …
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2/22/12
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Do you need to ease the burden of college tuition? For more than 40 years, the West Hempstead Community Scholarship Fund, a group of public-spirited residents who seek to promote the education of …
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2/15/12
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To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead.
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Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/28/12
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Joe Satriano’s life changed forever when his wife of 29 years, Susan, died of breast cancer in October 2005.
Satriano, 59, an Oceanside resident, had retired four years early from Roslyn High …
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Alex Costello
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12/28/11
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I was shocked to see myself in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch last summer. I wasn’t literally in the newspaper, but I saw myself reflected in the parents profiled in the brilliant investigative piece “Children may be vulnerable in $5 billion youth-sports industry: Parents and athletes feel the pressure to compete at all costs” (Aug. 29, 2010).
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12/1/11
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In an effort to raise money for college scholarships, the Oceanside Rotary Club will host its seventh annual Tip-Off Classic on Dec. 9 in the Oceanside High School gym.
The fundraiser consists of …
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Aaron Axelson
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11/30/11
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