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Franklin Square resident Jessica Pormigiano, a 19-year-old with selective mutism, selling hand-crocheted potholders at Rescuing Families community marketplaces and craft boutiques throughout the year.
Speaking up for selective mutism
“Just because you can’t speak doesn’t mean you don’t have a voice,” Jessica Pormigiano, a 19-year-old with selective mutism wrote. She communicates using a white board, because her condition prevents her from speaking in social settings. more
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Alyssa Fratarcangeli, 8, and Mia Abreu, 8, sang a Chanukah song on stage at the Lidl shopping center for community members at the first tree lighting ceremony of the holiday season.
Community gathers for first tree lighting of the holiday season
Neighbors from around the Franklin Square community gathered last Saturday for the first tree lighting of the holiday season. more
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Students who take the SAT in March 2024 and beyond will do so digitally. Eleventh graders in the Sewanhaka school district got a taste for the new digital test during a School Day PSAT on Oct. 18.
SAT goes digital starting March 2024
There’s no longer a need for a No. 2 pencil and filling in ovals when taking the SAT as the optional test used to measure a student’s reading, writing and math comprehension when applying to college moves to a fully-digital format in March 2024. more
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Deborah Prince dressed up in a tutu reminiscent of turkey feathers as she finished her fourth lap at the Elmont Memorial High School track last Sunday.
Elmont trots off Thanksgiving
Neighbors came out to trot off last week’s holiday and gear up for the next festivities of December during a turkey trot on Nov. 26. more
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Community members who attended the annual Christkindl Markt at the Plattduetsche Park, Restaurant, Catering and Biergarten in Franklin Square last weekend were able to buy a wreath for the holiday season.
Christkindl Markt at Plattduetsche Park
Franklin Square neighbors celebrated the start of the December holiday season at the Plattduetsche Park, Restaurant, Catering and Biergarten’s Christkindl Markt last weekend. more
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Carder Williams, 8, and his family from Queens grabbed a meal for the holiday from UBS Arena and the Islanders Children’s Foundation on Nov. 20. He posed with Sparky as the family waited to grab their Thanksgiving dinner.
UBS passes out Thanksgiving meals to families in need
UBS Arena and the Islanders Children’s Foundation helped pass out 200 meals to families in need in the Elmont community and surrounding communities on Nov. 20. more
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Multiple arrests at Zen Retreat Spa
Nassau police arrested three women for prostitution and other charges during an undercover investigation at Zen Retreat Spa in Franklin Square Thursday at 3:31 p.m. more
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Banning books is not what America is about
Perhaps we Americans are overly confident in the belief that our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment right to free speech, are inviolate. more
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A rabbi’s musings on where antisemitism comes from
What does it mean to be antisemitic? Can Jews do better in fighting against it? This is a complex issue, and a difficult one. It requires looking outside and inside our community. more
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Jerry Kremer
The boys and girls are back from recess
The older you get, the more you think about the times when things were simple and pleasurable. That especially applies to my years in school, when my only cares were . . . more
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