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We could begin with the end of the 50-game winning streak, or that No. 1-ranked Yeshiva University was thoroughly outplayed in the first half of its Dec. 30 contest against No. 4 Illinois Wesleyan, or that, sooner or later, the Maccabees were going to lose — or the philosophy that it’s better to drop a game in December than in the conference playoffs and the Division III tournament.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/6/22
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All seven villages in the Five Towns area are among the roughly 400 New York municipalities that opted out of allowing licenses for either marijuana consumption lounges or retail dispensaries within their jurisdictions by the mandated state deadline of Dec. 31.
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By Jeff Bessen and Lisa Margaria
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1/6/22
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From his school years to fatherhood, Hewlett resident Gabriel Boxer has always been doing good, from chessed (the Hebrew word for kindness) projects as a youth in his native Hillcrest, Queens, to feeding essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic, to large giveaways to aid people in need.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/30/21
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A Merrick pain doctor, Michael Belfiore, 58, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of selling opioid prescriptions to patients . . .
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12/23/21
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Moving from the traditional “sage on the stage” teaching model, in which teachers stand in front of the classroom and present educational material to students in lecture form, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, in Woodmere, has for the past seven years used blended learning: smaller groups of students receiving one-on-one instruction while integrating academics and technology for a more personalized experience from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/23/21
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It is déjà vu over all again, with another statewide mask mandate in place because of rising Covid-19 numbers, thanks to the Omicron variant. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Dec. 10 that masks were required in all indoor public spaces unless businesses or venues implemented a vaccine requirement.
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By Lisa Margaria
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12/23/21
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Last Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul reaffirmed a state mandate requiring mask use in public spaces such as stores and restaurants
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12/16/21
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Last Friday night and early Saturday morning, a series of powerful tornadoes ripped across Kentucky, one leaving a record-setting 227-mile-long swath of destruction. At last count, more than 70 people were confirmed dead . . .
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12/16/21
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A Nassau County roadway project that was introduced in 2015 and is expected to cost $30 million is beginning its final stages of design and planning, and is expected to get under way in the spring of 2023, with an anticipated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/16/21
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The fifth fatal vehicular accident in just over two years on a stretch of Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere has Melanie Kail once again calling for traffic mitigation measures, especially on a portion of the roadway where the most recent crash occurred.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/16/21
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