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A Few Clouds How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?
I was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store.
Hewlett-Woodmere School District offers free Covid testing
The Hewlett-Woodmere School District will offer free, voluntary Covid-19 PCR testing to all district students in grades pre-K to 12th on Tuesday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 3 at the Franklin Early Childhood Center Gym 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. The childhood center is at 1180 Henrietta Place in Hewlett.
Atlantic Beach Bridge is testing cashless tolls
The days of rummaging through your car’s glove compartment for loose change while approaching the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll booth could be coming to an end in the near future.
Lawrence sewage plant land to be auctioned March 3
Nearly four acres of land that was once the site of a sewage treatment plant, and has been the subject of debate in the Village of Lawrence for the past five years, will be publicly auctioned off on March 3 at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club.
Nassau police officer assaulted in Inwood
A woman said to be homeless allegedly assaulted a Nassau police officer in Inwood on Feb. 25, police said.
Lawrence students exhibit artwork in Garden City
Roughly 50 first, second and third grade students from the Lawrence Primary School at the Number 2 School have their work on display in the Community Gallery at the Long Island Children’s Museum in Garden City through Feb. 27.
HAFTR practices kindness for Purim
HAFTR High School students on the Chesed Committee led by Rabbi Gary Slochowsky with committee heads Zachary Gellman and Sofia Goldschlag, organized a Chesed project to give back to the community on Purim.
Randi Kreiss
A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake
I admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys.
Obituary
Five Towner Dr. George Elkowitz, 89, military veteran and dentist
Five Towns native Dr. George Elkowitz was a devoted family man who always took the time to be active in veteran’s affairs. The longtime Woodmere and Lawrence resident and United States Army veteran Elkowitz died on Jan. 20 in upstate Rye Brook from natural causes. He was 89.
Lifelong Woodmere resident William Hewlett, 77
Lifelong Five Towner William W. Hewlett was considered by those who knew him to be a generous man who was loved by many people. The Woodmere resident Hewlett died on Jan. 31 from Covid-19 …
Despite Covid, Shabbat Across North America is held
There will not be large gatherings of people eating, drinking and talking together this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, yet however different the 25th annual Shabbat Across America and Canada looks the event’s mission remains the same – to connect Jews across North America.
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Focusing on student mental health during Covid
The second of two stories examining student mental health. When the 2019-20 school year ended last June amid a still-spreading coronavirus pandemic, school counselors were well aware that the previous four months had been unlike any that schoolchildren — or their parents — had ever experienced.
View Shtark Contrast’s ‘Are You The One?’ on Zoom
The Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence will be hosting a virtual theater production that focuses on relationships during the coronavirus pandemic. Are You The One?, a series of three one-act …
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library conducts annual survey
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is conducting its annual user survey, asking patrons for feedback on programs and services. The brief survey can be filled out through Feb. 28 online at hwpl.org/survey/.
HAFTR practices kindness for Purim
HAFTR High School students on the Chesed Committee led by Rabbi Gary Slochowsky with committee heads Zachary Gellman and Sofia Goldschlag, organized a Chesed project to give back to the community on Purim.
Queens-based Council for Airport Opportunity aims for career takeoff
Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Council for Airport Opportunity of New York and New Jersey had planned on opening an office in Far Rockaway. Despite the delayed opening, the council has still been connecting individuals in Queens and the Five Towns with potential jobs in the aviation industry.
Far Rockaway man charged in Inwood robbery
A Far Rockaway man was arrested in connection with an incident that allegedly turned violent in Inwood on Feb. 22, Nassau police said.
Far Rockaway man charged in Inwood robbery
A Far Rockaway man was arrested in connection with an incident that allegedly turned violent in Inwood on Feb. 22, Nassau police said.
Nomination wanted for Hewlett-Woodmere Alumni Association Hall of Fame
The Hewlett-Woodmere Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for its Hall of Fame, which recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding alumni in the areas of professional achievement and community service.
Editorial
A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc.
Op-Ed
So now that you’re vaccinated . . .
I applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19.