As the doors to learning open once again at Lynbrook and East Rockaway schools, there are a host of initiatives and programs to keep students busy and on their toes.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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8/25/10
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The Dance Space along with the East Rockaway Recreation Center, sponsored the first Cultural Arts Festival in Memorial Park last Saturday. where the dance studio held its first summer recital.
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Mary Malloy
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8/19/10
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Some fear sharks in the water, but this summer there is a new competition in the waves!
Look out Lynbrook, for your very own swim team just showed off their swimming muscle with a win by 2 points over Manorhaven at the Nassau County Swim Division 2 Championship Meet on last Thursday at Nassau County Aquatic Center.
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Mary Malloy
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8/19/10
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Visibly upset residents brought drug paraphernalia to Lynbrook Village Hall. They brought photos of what they believe is illegal activity on their streets, and talked of the smell of marijuana permeating their otherwise peaceful existence.
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Mary Malloy
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8/19/10
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Members from 5-Star Gymnastics took advantage of the beautiful weather and showcased some of the communities best gymnastic talent in Memorial Park on Saturday. They included young residents from Lynbrook, Malverne, Baldwin, eastern Long Island and Brooklyn.
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Mary Malloy
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8/13/10
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Dozens of concerned homeowners, parents, teachers and residents from East Rockaway, Lynbrook and Hewlett crowded Monday night’s village board meeting in East Rockaway to address a troubling situation: groups of teenagers — sometimes as many as 50, by some accounts — who are drinking and vandalizing homes near Waverly Avenue and Durland Road in the southwestern corner of the village.
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Mary Malloy
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8/11/10
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York.
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8/5/10
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Lynbrook resident Dan McGrath, 27, of Lynbrook, pictured at left, was the first male runner to reach the finish line at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School at the 7th annual Heart & Sole 5 Kilometer Run on July 11.
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Mary Malloy
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8/4/10
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Test scores seemed to have fallen throughout New York and across Long Island after the State Education Department raised the bar at all grade levels in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
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Andrew Hackmack and Judy Rattner
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8/4/10
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After a one-year hiatus due to financial reasons, the Empire State Games made a triumphant return this summer with more than 4,500 athletes competing in the 32nd edition, held July 21-25 at various sites throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Amherst.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/4/10
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