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Partly Cloudy Boat catches fire at Keytsone Yacht Club in Woodmere
According to the Nassau County Police Department Public Information Office, a 39-foot yacht docked at the Keystone Yacht Club in Woodmere caught fire the morning of Aug. 22.
Woodmere Club EIS comments are in
Nassau County Planning Commission to vote on acceptance on Sept. 5
More than 100 people expressed their opinions on the proposed development of the Woodmere Club during the public comment period for the club’s environmental impact statement, according to the Nassau County Planning Commission.
Veteran New York City educator Mary Barton is interim Lawrence Woodmere Academy head of school
The Aug. 8 death of Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s head of school, Barbra Feldman, created large holes for the Woodmere private school — many in the hearts of those who knew Feldman, and one in the form of a vacancy in her office.
Lawrence to seek New York state grant for Nassau Expressway light repair
To fix the roughly 30 streetlights that are not working along the Nassau Expressway it was decided in an Aug. 2 meeting between...
New York State Board of Regents considering revamp of high school graduation requirements
As the New York State Board of Regents once again looks into revamping graduation requirements for high school students and the use of Regents exams, a pair of Five Towns public school administrators believe their districts are offering students the opportunities to become successful graduates.
Feting the summer readers at Peninsula Public Library
Peninsula Public Library celebrated the children aged 4 to 13 who read 1,700 books during the summer reading program with a party in the Lawrence library’s community room on Aug. 15.
Officials unveil bill to educate about hate
Lawmakers gathered on Tuesday to announce a new proposed bill aimed at curbing hate crimes.
Chronicling Long Island’s synagogues from Atlantic Beach to Montauk
A photographer since he was a teenager, Brad Kolodny began taking photos of synagogues around the world in the 1980s, so when his family’s temple, the Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, renovated its sanctuary in 2015, it was a natural progression to think about other Long Island Jewish places of worship.
Getting ready for the new school year in Lawrence
There were backpacks, clothes and heath screenings inside the gymnasium of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on July 27 at the 10th annual mega One Nation, One Cause Back 2 School event sponsored by the Islamic Council of North America and Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, a Democrat who represents Inwood.
Girls Talent Tour aids Five Towns Friendship Circle
Girls Talent Tour will perform a benefit show with the proceeds going to help the Chabad of the Five Towns Friendship Circle, an organization that provides support and assistance to individuals with disabilities and their families.
Woodmere’s Francisco “Frank” Knipping-Diaz dies in upstate New York plane crash
Woodmere resident Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, known to family and friends as “Frank,” died Aug. 18 in the plane crash of his Cessna 303 that also possibly resulted in the death of upstate homeowner Gerard Bocker, 61, an official identification is yet to be made.
Inwood Warriors come away with a tasty victory in Hershey
The two-day Hershey Cup soccer competition took place in Hershey, Pa. on Aug. 10 and 11, and the Inwood Warriors captured the Boys U16 Orange bracket winning all four games they played by an aggregate score of 25 to 2...
Remembering a heroic Holocaust rescue
Woodmere resident and Holocaust survivor, Fred Lifschutz was the featured speaker at Chabad of Hewlett’s Holocaust commemoration event, on Aug. 10, which was done in coordination with the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av, a somber day when Jews fast and recall the tragic events in the religion’s history.
Missing Woodmere teen is found
Diana Lopez, 14, of Woodmere, who was last seen at her Broadway residence near noon on Aug. 12 was found, according to the Nassau Police Department’s Missing Person Squad.
Hewlett resident a Woman of Distinction
Hewlett resident Celina Bialt was among the 10 women that State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin (D-Rockville Centre) recognized as part of her inaugural Women of Distinction awards ceremony at the East Rockaway Memorial Park band shell on Aug. 7.
Honoring the memory of Victor Spetalnick at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere
The memory of Temple Hillel member Victor Spetalnick, who died in February, was honored as the North Woodmere synagogue dedicated a newly redesigned minyan kitchen dedicated in his name on Aug. 4.
Nassau CC prepares for kickoff
Nassau Community College’s football program produced a strong finish in 2018 under then-second-year head coach Jamel Ramsay, who guided the Lions to eight wins in 11 games capped by a dominant 46-6 victory over Northland Community Tech in the Red Grange Bowl.
Lawrence native Jeffrey Good, 58
Good, a Lawrence native, graduated from Lawrence High School, class of 1978, and from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., seven years later. For nearly the past decade he was an event designer and senior buyer for Daniel Events in Delray Beach.