Keyword: Julie Mansmann
777 results total, viewing 61 - 70
Pecora introduced herself to the community at the March 2 Board of Education meeting.
Dr. Adele Pecora is Seaford's next superintendent
Adelaide Pecora said that she wasn’t surprised when her daughter, Adele, became a teacher. She was an avid reader. She loved to learn about anything and everything. And she came from a long … more
|
Bishop Lawrence Provenzano, center, locally elected officials and leaders from the Church of St. Jude officially opened the Wantagh house of worship’s mission center at St. Michael and All Angels in Seaford on Feb. 26.
Wantagh Episcopal church founds outreach center in Seaford
Barbara Rice Thompson, a 56-year-old North Wantagh resident, was the editor of Penthouse magazine for more than 25 years before she was laid off in January. But months earlier, she had spoken with … more
|
Wantagh Chamber of Commerce leaders named the high school’s Key Club the organization of the year at their installation dinner on Feb. 16.
Chamber installs new board, officers
Members of the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce celebrated at the annual installation ceremony at the Riviera in Massapequa on Feb. 16. The organization’s new leaders said that they are looking forward to planning events, meetings residents and business owners and engaging in community service projects in 2017. more
|
Cosmetology students, from left, Gabby Boneville, Lexi Brindisi and Alexa Devito enjoyed giving makeovers and talking to people at open house events.
A different education
Throughout February, the Association for Career and Technical Education sponsored a national awareness campaign to recognize programs that prepare high school students for “high-wage, high-demand careers” in health care, information technology, law enforcement, hospitality and management. In the Wantagh-Seaford area, a slew of these programs are offered year-round at the Gerald R. Claps Career and Technical Center in the Levittown School District. more
|
Bishop John Barres met St. William the Abbot School students Madeline Gross, 11, and her sister, Gabnella, 6, on Feb. 23 at the Seaford parish.
Meeting his new flock
Although a Mass for parishioners from Catholic churches in Seaford, Wantagh, Merrick, Bellmore and Massapequa was slated to start at noon, Bishop John Barres continued to walk down the center aisle of St. William the Abbot Church long past the top of the hour on Feb. 23. Gripping his crosier, he turned to the folks packed into each pew in the church, who were smiling, waving and taking pictures on their cellphones of the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s new leader. more
|
Wantagh High School students competed in the regional Science Olympiad competition on Feb. 4.
Local students excel at Science Olympiad
Wantagh and MacArthur high school students excelled at the regional Science Olympiad, Wantagh and Levittown school district officials said. more
|
Raymond Cody, a 75-year-old Wantagh resident, with a photo of John Glenn aboard the USS Noa — the destroyer on which Cody was stationed when Glenn splashed into the ocean after his historic space mission.
Meeting the rocket man
Raymond Cody, a 75-year-old Wantagh resident, was a 20-year-old seaman on the USS Noa on Feb. 20, 1962 when astronaut John Glenn returned to Earth after orbiting the planet three times during the height of the Space Race with the Soviet Union. Although his team was assigned to the recovery flotilla, Cody never expected to see the capsule come down from the sky and splash into the Atlantic Ocean, cheer as Glenn climbed out onto the deck of the destroyer and bear witness to a significant moment in American history. more
|
Donna Jebaily said that some Seaford High School students must walk across Sunrise Highway and the entrance to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway to get to the building on Seamans Neck Road.
All aboard?
Seaford voters will decide in May on a proposition that would expand bus service for the middle and high schools to all district students who live south of Sunrise Highway. Citing concerns about children walking across the roadway to get to class, more than 170 residents signed a petition supporting the potential changes to the school district’s transportation system. more
|
Last Hope Animal Rescue supporters and volunteers were all smiles at the nonprofit’s bowl-a-thon at Levittown Lanes on Feb. 4.
Last Hope strikes again
Local folks said that they had fun bowling for a cause at on Feb. 4. Families flocked to Levittown Lanes for a charity bowl-a-thon benefitting Last Hope Animal Rescue. more
|
The Wantagh American Legion Post No. 1273 color guard prepared for a rifle salute to the famed four chaplains of the U.S. Army Transport ship Dorchester at a ceremony at the post on Feb. 5.
Legion honors the four chaplains
The U.S. Army Transport ship Dorchester was attacked by a German U-boat along a strip of the Atlantic Ocean commonly referred to as “Torpedo Junction” on the morning of Feb. 3, 1943. As the American transport ship sank, four chaplains with different ideological and spiritual beliefs sang hymns, and provided hope and life jackets offering their own to others in need to the crew and passengers of the doomed vessel. more
|
« Prev | 1 … 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 … 78 | Next »
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
© 2024, Richner Communications · 2 Endo Blvd · Garden City, NY · (516) 569-4000
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions