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With 250 students and staff anxiously watching Winnie and Leila Xu, twins and fifth grade students at Hewlett Elementary School, compete against each other in the school’s spelling bee, Winnie remembers thinking it didn’t matter who finished first or second place as they were the only two left standing in the competition so she knew one of them would win.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/26/11
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Merrick singing sensation Robbie Rosen rose to instant national acclaim on Wednesday after his successful “American Idol” audition aired on Fox. Now Merokeans who know Rosen well say they’re hoping to see the well-liked 16-year-old go all the way in the national talent search.
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David Weingrad
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1/21/11
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Calhoun High School singing sensation Robbie Rosen, all of 16 years old, recently received the news that he had waited for nine years to hear –– he’s headed to Hollywood to compete in season 10 of “American Idol.”
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By Scott Brinton
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1/20/11
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Lynbrook High School alumnus Michael Doneger, 24, is going to the Super Bowl.
Doneger, a star lacrosse player at Lynbrook High School and Johns Hopkins — now known as an actor, screenwriter, videographer and director — is a semifinalist in the Pepsi Max Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest after his entry, “Elevator Girl” — which he wrote, directed and starred in — was judged one of the top five entries among more than 6,000 Pepsi received.
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By Mary Malloy
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1/19/11
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Mind your manners — a phrase seemingly lost on today’s kids. Does that really come as a surprise in an age where television shows like “The Jersey Shore” and “Bad Girls …
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By Samantha Knoerzer and Lee Landor
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1/19/11
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It has been more than 12 years since Jennifer Policara began searching for her sister.
Policara lives in California; she has only once been to Long Island, where she believes her long-lost …
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By Lee Landor
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1/19/11
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The American Red Cross recently designated a local school as an evacuation shelter that caters to the cultural needs of the Jewish community.
West Hempstead High School is now a kosher disaster …
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By Lee Landor
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1/12/11
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Five Towns One Community, a partnership between the Lawrence Public Schools, private schools, local houses of worship, clergy and the Five Towns Community Chest hosted a concert at Lawrence High School on Jan. 5 that benefitted Five Towns One Community that serves families in need.
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1/12/11
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The Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas may be more renowned, but the effort put forth by the Hewlett High School students in teacher Ron Remick’s Sports and Entertainment Marketing class for their inaugural Sports Product Fair was just as creative.
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JEFF BESSEN
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1/12/11
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Evelyn Kerr Silverstein, a former junior high nurse and teacher and army nurse, died on Jan. 5. She was 89.
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1/12/11
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