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Students at the Latin Dance Festival were all smiles and gave thumbs up to the event as they gathered on the dance floor.

Dancing, live band marks Hispanic Heritage Month [Photo gallery]

The Lawrence Middle School gymnasium played host to a Latin Dance Festival last Friday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. more

11/3/11

Isabel Slepoy/Herald Lawrence middle school seventh- and eighth-graders pose for a picture at their “Hot Skates” event in Lynbrook on Oct. 26.

Halloween haunts at Hot Skates [Photo gallery]

Lawrence Middle School students dressed up in their Halloween costumes and spent time with their classmates roller skating at the “Halloween Hot Skates” night time event that took place on Oct. 26 and 27 at Hot Skates in Lynbrook. more

11/3/11

A video tribute to East Rockaway's Mayor Ed Sieban

Sometimes, words are not enough. Even though words are my business, there are so many others who said it better about the life and passing of their -- and my -- beloved Mayor Ed Sieban. So instead, I put together a montage of photos and short videos of the mayor "in action." I hope you like it. more

Mary Malloy | 7/8/10 | 2 comments

Eric Colberg, Long Beach, and Joanna Parrino, Malverne, in "Don't Marry Me'

'On Broadway' — on Long Island [Photo gallery]

The Island Park Theatre Group, in conjunction with the Island Park Union Free School Recreation Department, presented “On Broadway - A Musical Revue” last weekend. A cast of 70 locals actors, dancers and singers entertained the audience at the Lincoln Orens Middle School in Island Park - and the IPTG broke records with its ticket sales. more

Mary Malloy | 3/25/10

South Shore begins digging out [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Blasted by the snow, again [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Public, some private schools closed Friday [Photo gallery]

Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere public schools, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways and the Lawrence Woodmere Academy announced that they would be closed on Friday, Feb. 26. more

2/26/10

Zach Gates and Sophie Maskin perform at the Friend-Raiser.

Making music, forming bonds [Photo gallery]

Over the past year-and-a-half, Hewlett High School junior Matthew Tinkleman has worked to organize the first-ever Friend-Raiser event, which took place last Sunday at Hewlett High School. more

10/22/09

Kim Keller on the field during halftime festivities of Hewlett High School’s 2009 Homecoming.

Homecoming 2009 [Photo gallery]

Hewlett High School celebrated its Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 26, with a parade, the naming of its Homecoming King and Queen, and a football game against the arch-rival Lawrence Golden Tornadoes. more

10/1/09