Now decades ago, the musical “Nine” opened on the eve of the cut-off date for Tony nominations. It led the field with, if memory serves, a cool 10 nominations — the same as this year’s leader, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”
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By Arlene Epstein
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5/2/14
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The Kennedy High School alumni association plans to beautify school grounds while also raising money for student scholarships and offering the community the chance to honor friends and family …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/1/14
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Whether Chris Pekoff is at a local charitable fundraiser, on a baseball diamond in North Bellmore or North Merrick, or at one of the community’s many businesses, he finds the time to chat with …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/23/14
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It’s been four years since Tony Spezio has had a child in Valley Stream schools. But to him, that doesn’t make a difference.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/23/14
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Lena Demas may be several years away from starting a career, but being in junior high school doesn’t mean she’s too young to start thinking about it. Nor are her peers.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/27/14
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The Town of Hempstead recently received the Excellence in Financial Reporting Award for the 2012 fiscal year, presented by the independent, non-partisan Government Finance Officers Association.
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3/20/14
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At Memorial Junior High School, it’s important to get good grades but it’s also important to be a good person. Teachers and administrators want students to be of the highest character, often a tough goal to accomplish in a building with more than 1,000 teenagers.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/5/14
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Get your A-list together and roll out the red carpet for an evening of star-gazing. Everyone’s favorite awards show, otherwise known as the 86th Academy Awards, held on Sunday, March 2, this …
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By Karen Bloom
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2/26/14
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Scott Brinton, senior editor at Herald Community Newspapers and an adjunct journalism professor in the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication, was named to the inaugural class of the Press Club of Long Island’s Journalism Hall of Fame on Feb. 12. All winners of PCLI’s Outstanding Journalist Award, the group’s highest individual honor, were included in the first class of Hall of Fame inductees. Brinton received the accolade in 2006.
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2/19/14
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Molloy College recently announced that it would partner with CAP21, the musical theater conservatory and Off-Broadway theater company in New York City, to offer a new Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in …
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By Alex Costello
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2/19/14
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