For the third time in six years the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools feature no contested election for the school board. Ironically the last time the incumbents went unchallenged in District 14 came …
more
Andrew Coen
|
5/12/10
|
Hewlett-Woodmere’s Project Bulldog, celebrating art and community through the beloved bulldog mascot, will culminate with an auction and barbeque on June 17 at 6:30 pm. All 38 bulldogs will be put on the auction block at the Seawane Club, giving attendees an opportunity to bid on a one-of-a-kind piece.
more
Christine Hetzel
|
5/7/10
|
District 15 residents will head to the polls next Tuesday to decide the fate of the proposed $94.1 million 2010-11 Lawrence Public Schools budget. After operating on austerity from 2003 to 2007, the district has passed its last three budgets, and officials hope to keep the winning streak going and avoid potentially drastic cuts.
more
By Lori Gross
|
5/5/10
|
The Peninsula Public Library Board of Trustees adopted a 2010-11 budget of $55 million that includes a 2.98 percent increase from the current budget. Under the spending plan the tax levy, the total amount to be raised through local property taxes, would rise 2.93 percent. Library officials estimate that if the budget is approved the average District 15 homeowner would see a $5 difference on their tax bill.
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/29/10
|
The Hewlett-Woodmere school board unanimously voted to adopt a proposed $100.8 million budget at its April 21 meeting. The spending plan, which represents a 2.86 percent increase from the current …
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/29/10
|
On April 7, a new field for the Hewlett High School and Woodmere Middle School baseball teams was dedicated.
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/26/10
|
Robert E. Carp, a beloved social studies teacher in the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools for 38 years, died on April 9 at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. He was 60. Carp taught social …
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/15/10
|
Voters approved the proposed $5.6 million Hewlett-Woodmere Library budget Tuesday night 260-85.
The passed budget includes a 2.89 percent tax levy, the amount to be raised through local property taxes. The budget proposal includes an additional $7,750 for cultural programs.
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/14/10
|
Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business hosted a discussion in late March titled “Does it pay to be in a family business?" and one of the participants was East Rockaway native Kenneth Broadlieb, whose father, Theodore, owned Broadlieb Motors in Woodmere for more than two decades until the late 1980s.
more
Andrew Coen
|
4/7/10
|
The Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre on 295 Main Street, East Rockaway, will hold its annual Holocaust Commemoration on April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The keynote speaker for this year's commemoration …
more
4/2/10
|