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Dr. Keith Metzger, far right, one of Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine’s first professors, teaches anatomy. Here he was pictured with a class in the school’s state-of-the-art laboratory.

Seated in his expansive, brightly lit office on the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine’s second floor, Dr. Lawrence Smith, the school’s founding dean, appears at home, a smile etched across his face as he speaks of the school’s role in transforming medical education. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/23/13

Officials broke ground on a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School last Thursday. Celebrating were, from left, Kemp Hannon, New York state senator; Michael Dowling, president and CEO of the North Shore-LIJ Health System; Dr. Lawrence Smith, the medical school’s founding dean; Stuart Rabinowitz, Hofstra University president; and Dean Skelos, the State Senate majority coalition leader.

Hofstra’s medical school to double in size

The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads. Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/12/13

Protect the bays — fund the Bay Park pipe

Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility. more

6/6/13

Gary Schall greets Facilities Director Chris Milano with an elbow bump at the ribbon-cutting.

A special kind of homecoming

“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. more

By Mary Malloy and Jeff Bessen | 4/24/13

Camaraderie and connections

Most country clubs boast about their golf course, tennis facilities and dining accommodations. The Lawrence Yacht & Country Club has all of that, plus a marina with 135 boat slips. more

Teri Ann Loeser | 4/12/12

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition of highlights from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection features a broad … more

2/1/12

Herald Holiday Houses [Video]

Houses from all around our coverages areas decorated for the holidays. Is your house in the video? Check it out. more

Christina Daly | 12/22/11

Long Beach Fire Department rescues trapped driver

A driver trapped in a minivan after a head-on collision with a truck was removed from her vehicle by Long Beach firefighters in Atlantic Beach on Wednesday. According to Fire Chief Richard … more

Chris Engelhardt | 10/28/11

New York school districts are beginning to take advantage of a law that passed over the summer to cut bus costs.

Schools cut bus costs, rev up savings

In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it. more

By Jackie Nash | 10/25/11

Tall trees were slaughtered by Irene in the Five Towns, such as this near Cedarhurst Avenue and Central Avenue. This huge and famous tree fell at exactly 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28.

Trees down in the Five Towns

Trees were on the ground in any places in the Five Towns on Sunday as repair crews were out to clear roads blocked by the fallen trees. more

8/28/11

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