Protecting others has become a passion for Malvernite Nick Bove. Having served with the Nassau County Police Explorers, Boy Scout Troop 24 and, most recently, the Malverne Fire Department, Bove …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/26/20
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The model of higher education today rests on a system created in the Middle Ages, when knowledge was highly concentrated in a few places and in a few hands. It has evolved only slowly over the centuries.
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4/3/20
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To reduce the spread of the coronavirus, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut banned gatherings of more than 50 people effective 8 p.m. Monday night, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who tweeted the …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/16/20
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On Sunday morning, at about 6 a.m., the temperature was around 30 degrees, it was cloudy and there was a soft drizzle. I hopped in my car to make the short drive to Crossroads Farm in Malverne . . .
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By Nakeem Grant
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2/7/20
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Malvernites were subjected to sustained levels of increased plane noise from April 1 to shortly after Nov. 15, as two of John F. Kennedy International Airport’s main runways were closed for …
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By Peter Belfiore and Nakeem Grant
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2/6/20
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New York saw a spike in hate crimes directed at the Jewish community toward the end of 2019 — during Hanukkah, of all times. It was particularly disturbing . . .
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1/2/20
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The basement of American Legion Post 44 in Malverne needed renovations — and since many veterans groups hold meetings there, Boy Scout Tracy Colena said he was compelled to refurbish it as his …
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By Nakeem Grant
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11/28/19
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Part four in a series.
More than 50 years ago, racial tensions in the Malverne School District peaked. Prejudice divided the local community as hostilities mounted. Today, however, the district is …
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By Nakeem Grant and Robert Traverso
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11/14/19
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When Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead opened as the Mary Louis Academy Annex in 1949, the school had 58 students. Seventy years later, the all-girls school has a student body of more than 850. While …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/20/19
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The Valley Stream Jewish Center, in conjunction with the Malverne Jewish Center, will host a bagel brunch featuring Lynda Kraar, development consultant for the Society for the Protection of Nature in …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/10/19
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