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Light Rain Fog/Mist Heralds take home top honors in press contest
The Herald Community Newspapers took home 26 honors in the annual New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, which attracted more than 2,400 of entries from 151 newspapers across …
New York has legalized marijuana. What now?
Now that state lawmakers in Albany have legalized recreational marijuana, it’s time to ensure that public safety, public health and quality-of-life concerns are addressed as part of the rollout process.
For some, grass just isn’t green enough in Nassau County
That hissing sound you may have heard here and there across the Five Towns and from Hempstead Town Hall as April began wasn’t the sound of marijuana joints, pipes and bongs being lit, but …
Lawrence Woodmere Academy student places second in app challenge
Samuel Schwartz, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy sophomore, captured second place in the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for the 4th Congressional District represented by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City).
Hewlett High grad creates the sports drink Hylux
While a medical condition halted his athletic career in high school, Lamar Letts, a 2012 Hewlett High graduate, did not stop thinking on how to live a healthy life as two years later he created Hylux, a sports drink that he thinks is a healthier alternative to Gatorade and Powerade.
Nassau County storm basin cleanup needed in North Woodmere
For the past four years or so, North Woodmere resident Lily Buziashvili has taken it upon herself to pick up trash and debris that collects along a 1.5-mile stretch of the area called the Nassau County storm basin, which extends from Branch Boulevard to Hungry Harbor Road in that community.
Editorial
Should municipalities opt out on marijuana?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, once an ardent detractor of any measure to legalize recreational marijuana, last week signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act . . .
Lawrence educators step into the reading characters
Lawrence Elementary School Assistant Principal Jacqueline Beckmann just did not roll out a schoolwide reading challenge last month. She and teachers Theresa Degan and Shirley Warren dressed as characters from books to spark student interest in reading on March 22.
Hewlett avenges opening defeat
The second time around the schedule started much better than the first for Hewlett’s girls’ soccer team. The Bulldogs avenged a 5-2 season-opening loss at Glen Cove with a 2-0 home …
Editorial
High-speed rail for L.I. deserves public support
With the Biden administration pushing a $2 trillion national infrastructure plan, what once seemed like a fantasy — high-speed rail for the Northeast — is slowly, steadily becoming a distinct possibility . . .
Brandeis students explore science
At the Brandeis School in Lawrence, fourth-graders explored density using oil, water and pancake syrup. The students made predictions and went on to explore buoyancy, and what will float?
Hewlett-Woodmere employee survives Covid after vaccination
In the United States, roughly 4.9 percent of people have tested positive for Covid-19 after receiving two doses of the Moderna vaccine. Gibson resident and Hewlett-Woodmere School District employee …
Brooklyn man arrested in Inwood for allegedly resisting arrest
A Brooklyn man was arrested in Inwood for allegedly resisting arrest on April 6. According to detectives, Fourth Precinct police observed Christopher Landburg-Parker, 34, of Brooklyn, was driving …
Randi Kreiss
Oldies but goodies have the right stuff
I married an older man, and this week he’s turning 75. When we met, I was 14 and he was 15.
Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere captures first, third in history regionals
Two teams of Hebrew Academy of Long Beach students from the school in Woodmere finished in first and third in the Junior Exhibit Group at the Long Island Regional for National History Day.
Jerry Kremer
Some of us are killing our friends without bullets
We Americans have experienced a horrible year since the coronavirus invaded out shores. We’ve been confined to our homes, prohibited from traveling . . .
Easter Egggggstravaganza was full of 'eggcitement' in Lawrence
Balloons, baskets and bunnies highlighted the fourth annual Egggggstravaganza, a celebration of Easter at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on April 3 that was more fun than a hatful of …
Nancy Lieberman Charities donates hoops courts to Nassau County
Nancy Lieberman Charities, founded by the iconic and groundbreaking basketball player from Queens, is donating five new hoops courts valued at $325,000 to Nassau County. Two of the locations are in the Five Towns – Inwood Park and North Woodmere Park – the third is Wantagh Park with the two remaining sites to be identified by the county in the near future, officials said.
Two charged in alleged Inwood robbery
A car accident involving two vehicles and four men ignited an alleged assault and robbery in Inwood on April 1.