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28 Five Towns residents were named to the Adelphi University dean's list for the spring semester.

Adelphi University in Garden City unveiled its spring semester dean’s list and it includes 28 Five Towns residents. Adelphi’s deans of arts and sciences, education and health science, business, nursing and public health, social work and psychology recognize superior academic work every semester. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/22/21

The Lawrence School District lost an appeal of a lower court ruling that granted the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency 10-year PILOT for the Raymour & Flanigan warehouse in Lawrence.

Lawrence schools lose, Lino Viola wins

The Lawrence School District lost its appeal opposing the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency’s granting Raymour & Flanigan a 10-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) for a warehouse in Lawrence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/21

West Hempstead resident Tzipporah Zimmer swabbed the inside of her mouth at the Gift of Life Marrow Registry drive at HAFTR High School last Sunday.

Swabbing for Shlomo at HAFTR in Cedarhurst

By simply taking four swabs of cells from the inside of your mouth, it’s possible to save someone else’s life, because for every 400 swabs, there’s a bone marrow match, according to the nonprofit Gift of Life Marrow Registry, which teamed up again with the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway to hold a bone marrow testing event last Sunday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/21

The Hewlett –Woodmere Board of Education approved a decrease in the tax levy from the 1.95 percent initially adopted and approved to 1.65.

Hewlett-Woodmere reduces tax levy

Applying finalized state aid money, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously at the July 1 meeting to approve a reduction of the school district’s tax for the 2021-2022 school. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/8/21

LWA Antics student columnist Ian Geraghty.

Lawrence Woodmere Academy Tigers forever … farewell for now

The class of 2021. What haven’t we done? We have put banners on the wall season after season as we have competed in multiple playoffs and championships after dominating the regular season. more

By Ian Geraghty | 7/2/21

Hewlett High School students Blake Lippman, left, and Tyler Bissoondial, right, finished in ninth in the NSPC competition in the Microbiology/Genetics category.

Hewlett High students place in the Top 10

Competing in a virtual science contest against more than 400 students from 31 different schools from across Long Island, Hewlett High School students Blake Lippman, who just graduated, and Tyler … more

By Matthew Ferremi | 7/2/21

Ilene Gabel on her last day as a teacher at Hewlett High School, last Oct. 30. The balloons commemorated her 50 years in the district.

Hewlett-Woodmere teachers say goodbye

When the next school year begins, several longtime Hewlett High School faculty members who were familiar to students and colleagues alike will no longer be seen in the hallways. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 6/24/21

Power trio Dina Farrel, left, Kayla Taub, Kayla Greenberg showed off their unplugged guitar.

Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere sounds off with homemade instruments

Seventh-graders the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere built musical instruments all made of recycled materials in Rina Korman’s science class. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/17/21

At the start of the Brandeis 5K Run on Frost Lane in Lawrence on June 13.

Running for The Brandeis School in Lawrence

It began in 2019, was interrupted because of the coronavirus in 2020 and returned his year with 120 participants, 86 of them in-person who took part in what was billed as the second annual Brandeis 5K Run on June 13. Another 34 took part virtually and more than $15,000 was raised. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/17/21

After nearly 13 years at the helm of the Lawrence Teachers Association Lori Skonberg stepped down.

Lawrence Teachers Association president Lori Skonberg steps down, to retire in 2022

Lori Skonberg grew up with dyslexia — difficulty with learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols — at a time when discerning such disorders was not as common as it is now. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/16/21

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