Three women received awards from the North Merrick School District and State Assemblyman David McDonough at last week’s North Merrick Board of Education meeting for their actions on Sept. 11 this year, when a Camp Avenue Elementary School aide went into sudden cardiac arrest. more

Gloria Haas, 53, of Island Park was arrested on August 14 for taking about 800 Lego sets from a storage facility in Island Park, moving them to another facility in Rockville Centre, and attempting to … more

Exhibits and more... Arnold Newman: Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and CultureAn exhibit of Arnold Newman’s photographic portraiture highlighting the innovative minds … more

Well, we were warned. For many years, at the start of each hurricane season, the people of Long Island were reminded that a major hurricane could hit our area. more

Just a few weeks before Wellington C. Mepham High School’s class of 2013 celebrated commencement, one of the school’s first groups of graduates reconnected with one another at their 70th reunion. Nearly a dozen of the 68 remaining members of Mepham’s class of 1943 came together for the celebration at The Nook in Wantagh on June 7. The alumni scanned through their yearbook and other photos and memorabilia, remembering their high school days. more

Two moments resonate in Bill Katz’s mind that helped instill his lifelong love for music. The first was as a 15-year-old living in Far Rockaway in 1945, when he stopped at a candy store on his way home one night, and his eyes landed on a magazine called Esquire Jazz Magazine. The magazine included photos of the era’s greatest musicians, including Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Coleman Hawkins. It also included a jazz recording, which Katz played once he arrived home. “I was just smitten by it,” said Katz, who has taught music education for more than 60 years, and 40 at East Meadow High School. “I started buying jazz records.” more

Gloria Chapman was once Gloria Dinger. She once lived on Kenneth Avenue in North Bellmore, after moving into her home in 1933. She once climbed an apple tree when playing with friends near Camp Avenue, which had only four houses and a farm when she was in elementary school. more

Police arrested a Mineola man last week after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian in West Hempstead. According to police, Joaquim Gloria, 38, was driving his 2008 Chevrolet box truck west … more

Working hard for good grades is nothing new to Christina Miller, who has earned this year’s valedictorian honor at Holy Name of Mary School. more

In honor of Women in History Month, The Herald asked woman in our community, “Which woman from history would you have to tea?” more