Thursday, March 27, 2025
Hundreds of parents and students gathered at a Hewlett School District board meeting to voice support for High School Principal Alexandra Greenberg after discovering she would not be returning to her position.
Junior Nataly Gutierrez will represent Lawrence High School at the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, ending the school's three-year absence from the prestigious competition.
Lawrence School District unveiled its $104.5 million budget proposal for 2025-2026, maintaining educational programs while planning major capital improvements including a $75 million FEMA-funded seawall project at the high school.
Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education members urged administrators to reduce the proposed 2.27% tax levy increase to under 2% for the 2025-26 school budget, suggesting administrative staffing reductions to find $400,000 in savings.
Atlantic Beach residents are raising safety concerns about Gio's Restaurant's parking lot at Park Street and Ithaca Avenue, claiming motorists are exiting the wrong way down one-way Ithaca Avenue.
Hewlett High School senior Isaac Samuelson will be honored with the Eagle Scout rank after completing a project to organize and clean 20 years of religious texts at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere, working with his troop from the only Shabbat-observant Boy Scout troop on Long Island.
Holocaust survivor Fred Zeilberger and his wife Elaine celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary with a surprise party at The Bristal Assisted Living in North Woodmere, reflecting on their journey from Fred's survival through five concentration camps to building a loving family in America.
Andrew Goldsmith, a third-generation Cedarhurst resident who has served as village justice for 12 years, is seeking his fourth four-year term unopposed, emphasizing fair hearings for all defendants and creative approaches to handling teenage driving violations.
St. John's Episcopal Hospital is constructing a state-of-the-art labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum unit to enhance maternal care for the Rockaway community.
The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC will serve as a new pickup site for Natural Earth Organic Farms' Community Supported Agriculture program, offering Five Towns residents access to weekly organic produce.
The Chabad of Hewlett hosted a women's celebration of Tu B'shvat, the Jewish New Year of Trees, featuring traditional foods and a resin-poured challah board crafting activity.
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Nassau County families are paying the price for County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s broken promises and failed leadership. As a legislator and former prosecutor, I know what it means to hold people accountable — and it’s time someone held Blakeman accountable for his disastrous record.
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While PSEG Long Island does have many lineworkers, did you know we also employ more than 200 engineers?
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This month of March will see far more people attending more St. Patrick’s Day parades on Long Island and in New York City than in all of Ireland.
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November 2021 was a significant month in the history of New York City. Eric Adams was elected the 110th mayor of that great city.