What fun would it be, as a serious journalist, to have an emergency surgical procedure and not write about it at length and in anatomical detail? Not one to disappoint, here are the gory … more

Some said it wasn’t so bad, that it could have been worse — even those residents who were sitting in the dark with flooded basements but no electricity, their food spoiling, feeling lucky to have made it through Hurricane Irene without injury. Others, whose houses and vehicles had fallen victim to toppling trees, counted their blessings that they weren’t nearby at the time. more

Hip hop and rap fans, be on the lookout for an up-and-coming East Rockaway group called 3rd Degree. more

Usually I start by saying “Thanks for picking up this copy of the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald,” but in this case, you’ve most likely received the issue in your mailbox. So if you’re a new reader (and we hope you stay with us and get an annual subscription) I say, “Welcome, and happy reading!” Love it, hate it, agree with it or not, you can’t deny that we have some interesting local tidbits on these pages. more

Tony Lenzo loved to plant and watch the Lynbrook Community Gardens grow. He loved harvest time, when the garden was overgrown with long, green zucchini (“gogoots,” in Lenzo parlance, pronounced with a thick Sicilian accent), purple-black eggplant, squash, red and green peppers, tomatoes, basil, okra, cucumbers and Lenzo’s favorite — sweet, ripe figs from his precious fig tree, which reminded him of Sicily, his birthplace. more

People don’t take me seriously, and that’s OK sometimes. I know it’s my own fault. Even though I have a respectable job, drive an ordinary mom-mobile, and live in a … more

What fun would it be, as a serious journalist, to have an emergency surgical procedure and not write about it at length and in anatomical detail? Not one to disappoint, here are the gory … more

Twenty-six-year East Rockaway resident and Army veteran Richard Gogarty, 54, has been appointed by the village board as the trustee to fill Irene Villacci’s seat. Villacci resigned from the position last week. “Because I’ve served 20 years on active duty in the Army, I’ve had an opportunity to see cities and towns over the United States and the world,” Gogarty said. “After seeing all that, I moved to East Rockaway. This is my dream place — a small village in the middle of millions of people. … East Rockaway maintains the independent spirit and closeness found only in a small village.” more

Thank you, everyone, for your congratulatory calls and emails to me for this column taking first place in its category of “Best Column Writing” in the Suburban Newspapers of America contest for 2010. This week, I’m re-running one of my favorite columns that ran in March, 2009. more

The Herald Community Newspapers won two top awards, for Best Column Writing and Best Feature, in the 2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Editorial Contest, the SNA announced March 18. more