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Mostly Cloudy Basking in the Hewlett-Woodmere community’s religious diversity
After a well-deserved holiday break, Hewlett High School students and staff are back in action. Our Hewlett family enjoyed a week of diverse celebrations that hopefully prepared them for an exciting return back to school on April 6.
Lawrence village tax increase, considering pot opt-out
Much business was conducted at the Lawrence village meeting of April 8, ranging from adopting a new budget to setting a public hearing concerning the prohibition of retail stores or on-site consumption sites regarding the new state marijuana law.
Nassau’s budget surplus isn’t good news
Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
The pandemic of 1918 was pushed off the front pages
My husband’s father was 14 and living in New York during the pandemic of 1918, sometimes known as the Spanish flu. He must have had memories of the time; surely he knew people who died in Brooklyn, where he lived.
No weekend Far Rockaway, Long Beach LIRR service
Beginning on Friday, April 16 at 10:15 p.m. through Monday, April 19 at 3:30 a.m., service 9n both directions on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches of the Long Island Rail Road will be suspended for signal cutover in Valley Stream, which is part of restoration work stemming from Hurricane Sandy damage.
Inwood man charged with DWI
Nassau County police arrested an Inwood resident at 10:40 p.m. on April 13 for driving while intoxicated after the man allegedly left the scene of a vehicular accident at 679 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence.
Four arrested in alleged murder of Nazareth Claure
A car pursuit that began in Far Rockaway and ended in Inwood on April 13 has culminated in the arrest of five people for the alleged murder of Nazareth Claure, 31, a Rockaway resident who previously lived in Hewlett.
Lawrence School District teachers learn that their efforts have made a difference
Nearly a year after schools — like most of life — changed dramatically when the coronavirus pandemic began, shifting from in-person learning to remote instruction, the Lawrence High …
Lawrence High School’s top three scholars
Valedictorian Amy Sharin, salutatorian Nader Daruvala and honor speaker Daniela Andrade are the top three scholars of the class of 2021 for Lawrence High School.
Obituary
Renowned playwright, Lawrence native Arthur Kopit, 83
Before Lawrence native Arthur Kopit became a successful playwright he was a young man who took pleasure in teasing his younger sister, Susan, and her friends and pestering his mother and her friends playing cards.
Engrossed in a Holocaust story that resonates
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, more than people joined a Zoom event hosted by Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, which featured filmmaker and Five Towns native Tyler Gildin discussing his documentary, “The Starfish” on April 7.
Youthful Lawrence preps for fall ball
With seven sophomores and one freshman starting and playing major minutes, Lawrence football head coach Jason Supple is looking for this spring’s action to translate into better results in the …
Lawrence Woodmere Academy student places second in app challenge
Samuel Schwartz, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy sophomore, captured second place in the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for the 4th Congressional District represented by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City).
Editorial
Support the Mother Nature Bond Act
At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . .
Hewlett-Woodmere candidates night, May 5
The Hewlett-Woodmere Central Council PTA is hosting a Candidate’s Night on Wednesday, May 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Hewlett High School auditorium with the Board of Education candidates in-person and a total of 100 people. For attendees it will be first come, first served. The event will also be livestreamed on the school district’s website.
Shabazz-Allah leads VSS over Hewlett
Valley Stream South’s football playoff hopes are still alive thanks to Yasir Shabazz-Allah and Tyler VanEtten.
Heralds take home top honors in press contest
The Herald Community Newspapers took home 26 honors in the annual New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, which attracted more than 2,400 of entries from 151 newspapers across …
Op-Ed
Racial inequities and the Biden infrastructure plan
President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . .