W.C. Mepham High School recently announced the winners of the school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.
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1/7/10
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The Guardian Brain Foundation, an organization with headquarters in Bellmore that provides support services to children and adults with brain tumors and injuries, and helps to advance neuroscience research, held its seventh annual Butterfly Ball at the Carltun Restaurant in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow recently.
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Sari Zeidler
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1/7/10
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The year that Helen Gebhard was born, the United States began construction on the Panama Canal. The New York City subway system opened on October 27, and the first New Year’s Eve celebration was held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York.
On December 26, 2009, Gebhard celebrated her 105th birthday among friends and family at Sunrise of North Lynbrook on December 26, 2009. “I am crying, but I think they’re tears of joy,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/7/10
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Evening Adventures
Owl ProwlGet up close and personal with those mysterious creatures of the night, presented by Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center. Discover what fascinating …
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1/6/10
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Exhibits and more...
Latinas!An exhibit of Latin American Art created by women and depicting images of women. Artists represented include Fernando Botero (Colombia), Ana Maria Martinez (El …
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1/6/10
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While taking a thinly veiled swipe at the previous, Democratically controlled county government, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray touted her administration's fiscal and environmental accomplishments in her inaugural speech on Tuesday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/5/10
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A large audience at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City on Monday witnessed the official transfer of power on the Nassau County Legislature.
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Mike Caputo
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1/4/10
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“This is very cool… and quite an honor,” new Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said as a hundreds applauded and chanted his name on New Year’s Day. Mangano was sworn in as the eighth county executive in the auditorium of his alma mater, Bethpage High School.
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Andrew Hackmack
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1/1/10
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As we batted around ideas for this week’s editorial, we agreed that a new take on an old idea — New Year’s resolutions — was in order. Rather than offer our own ideas, we decided, we’d ask the experts.
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12/24/09
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More than 30 students and nearly 200 audience members took part in a night of laughs on Dec. 13 at the Calhoun High School On Tour Company's annual Improv Night.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/24/09
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