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Lawrence High School’s first-period studio art class, which did the Wellness Room prep work, with art teacher Robert Verone in the finished room.

Lawrence High School students create Wellness Room

Art students at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst recently turned a cluttered storage closet into a Wellness Room for their peers in the Life Skills special education program. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/12/22

Linda Barreira with her daughters Katherine, left, and Taylor, changed the Rock Hall Museum forever, introducing new programs and events.

Longtime Rock Hall Museum Director Linda Barreira passes at 67

Linda Barreira cared for and fussed over Lawrence’s Rock Hall Museum for 37 years, 27 of them as its director. She created new programs, and made an 18th-century plantation-turned 20th-century museum into a lively place that attracted children and adults with activities, concerts and an annual two-day Country Fair. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/12/22

Let’s turn internet anger into good conversation

Sorry, Al Gore. You didn’t invent the internet. That was Tim Berners-Lee. more

5/5/22

HAFTR High School students held yahrzeit candles to light the way in the darkened hallways before the Holocaust Remembrance Day assembly.

HAFTR High School creates historical Holocaust memories through ‘Lasting Legacies’

The hallways at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School were darkened on the morning of April 28. The only light emanated from yahrzeit candles held by students as they stood outside classrooms. At 9:20 a.m., a siren sounded — as sirens had sounded earlier that day in Israel. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/5/22

The Gural JCC food pantry has had many successful food drives thanks to the work of its many volunteers. Above, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Community Food Drive on MLK Day this year.

Gural JCC helped Five Towns community through the Covid-19 pandemic

Despite the obstacles that came with the coronavirus pandemic, the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC has continued to serve Five Towns and Far Rockaway residents thanks to its dedicated volunteers. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/5/22

Herald Community Newspapers was well-represented at the New York Press Association’s spring conference in Saratoga Springs last weekend, where the group won a total of 28 state awards. From left, reporters Will Sheeline and Tom Carrozza; senior reporter Mallory Wilson; publisher emeritus Cliff Richner; senior editor Laura Lane; senior reporter Karina Kovac; sales/marketing associate Jessica Kleiman; digital sales manager Lori Berger; sales vice president Rhonda Glickman; executive editor Michael Hinman; senior reporter Jordan Vallone; Riverdale Press editor Gary Larkin; and deputy editor Jeffrey Bessen.

Herald wins 17 state newspaper awards

It was a big showing for Herald Community Newspapers at the New York Press Association spring conference last weekend in Saratoga Springs, with the group from Richner Communications winning 17 state awards, including top honors for in-depth reporting, column writing and spot news. more

Staff Report | 5/3/22

Hello, county Human Rights Commission?

Lucy Pozo fought hard not to let the people sitting in front of her see her cry. The senior at East Rockaway High School stood before the district’s Board of Education . . . more

4/28/22

Hewlett High School graduate Rachel Arbitman and HAFTR High grad Jacob Steinmetz will both receive the Mitchell Freedman Outstanding Jewish High School Athlete of the Year Award from the Jewish Sports Heritage Association.

Five Towners to be honored by the Jewish Sports Heritage Association

For the first time in three years, the Jewish Sports Heritage Association’s induction and awards ceremony will be held in person, and a pair of youthful Five Towners will receive the Mitchell Freedman Outstanding Jewish High School Athlete of the Year Award. It is the fourth annual event. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/28/22

Sarah Fried, left, Chani Jeter and Jack Shafran are three of the five people running for the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education.

Meet the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education candidates

For the third time in two years, a seat on the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education is open because a trustee is moving out of the school district. Veteran Trustee Mitchell Greebel, 59, who has served for three terms and a total of nine years, is moving out of the district. In 2020, Paul Critti and Daniella Simon stepped down for the same reason. more

By Lisa Margaria | 4/28/22

Maintaining VA centers is the least we can do

In the waning weeks of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln realized that sooner rather than later, the tens of thousands of Union soldiers returning from the battlefield would be forced to fend for themselves. more

4/21/22

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