A sunny day greeted the hundreds of runners and walkers for the annual Building Homes for Heroes 5K Run/Walk held at Hewlett Point Beach Park last Sunday.
The overall winner in the men’s division was Dan McGrath, of Lynbrook, with a time of 15:36. The overall women’s winner was Jayne Paskoff, of Lynbrook, with a time of 21:07.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Lynbrook South Middle School students of Lynbrook Studio art teacher Andrea Gray have done more than just raise funds. Through their own imagination and creativity they have created “lamps” that were auctioned off at a silent auction on March 25.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Three people will be vying for two seats on the East Rockaway Board of Education that will be voted on in May. The seats will be vacated by longtime board members Vicki Alspector and Marie Girace, both of whom have chosen not to serve again next year.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Robert L. (Bob) Sympson is a tree hugger in every sense of the word. He is an untiring advocate of trees, planting them, studying them, educating the community about them. It’s no wonder that he has been named the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s 2010 Lawrence Enersen Award for his lifelong conservation efforts.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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“If I had to choose one thing that I wanted in my life,” said teary-eyed eighth grader Jackie Gropper, “that would be it.”
Gropper just had front row seats to an …
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Ariella Monti
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4/14/10
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The 3rd annual Building Homes for Heroes 5K Run/Walk will take place on Sunday morning, April 18 at Hewlett Point Beach Park in Bay Park/East Rockaway. The race will begin at 9 a.m. sharp. Race …
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Mary Malloy
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4/14/10
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Now in its 82nd year, Class Skit Night at Lynbrook High School has become one of the most anticipated and well-attended events of the year. Students worked for weeks, creating their own original scripts, costumes, theme boxes, sets and choreography, entertaining family and fellow classmates with their energy, originality and humor.
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4/14/10
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Our Lady of Peace School and St. Raymond’s School, along with the 50 other elementary schools within the Diocese of Rockville Centre, is participating in the Catholic Alumni Partnership, a groundbreaking program designed to help reconnect schools with their alumni.
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4/14/10
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Ronan Tynan’s smooth tenor voice has filled St. Raymond’s Church in East Rockaway once before, for a funeral. He is returning there on April 24 for a happier occasion. One of the most …
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Mary Malloy
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4/14/10
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Students at Lynbrook’s Waverly Park School joined 45 million children across the country for the Read Across America Celebration, the event that honors Dr. Seuss’s birthday by getting kids excited about reading.
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4/14/10
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