Hewlett’s Jay Iaquinta stresses special teams as much as any football coach in Nassau County and that’s where the difference came for the Bulldogs in last Saturday’s 10-6 victory over Sewanhaka in a Conference III first-round playoff game. more

An elderly Hewlett man who was known as a heavy smoker is dead after an apparently accidental fire broke out in his Sutton Lane home early this morning. more

The way Hewlett’s Zachary Feuer and Valley Stream South’s Henoc Bienne were turning aside shots, last Saturday’s Nassau Class A boys’ soccer first-round playoff game had penalty kick shootout written all over it. more

Hewlett residents, Cary Epstein and Jay Greenbaum, have participated in triathlons and other races in the past, but both said those are meaningless compared with their next race: the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. more

After women are diagnosed with breast cancer, they often start looking for a support group that could help guide them through the next steps of recovery. The Wednesdays Twins are one such group at 1 in 9’s Hewlett House. more

As it has so many times this year, Lynbrook dug deep and made big plays when it mattered most. more

A week after knocking Plainedge from the ranks of the unbeaten, Hewlett rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to pull even with undefeated Lynbrook early in the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s Conference III game before falling 28-14. more

Two men dressed in utility uniforms made their way into a Hewlett home Wednesday morning and apparently robbed the occupants of an amount believed to be $100,000 in cash, according to police. more

Hewlett had a brief stay atop the Conference V girls’ soccer standings until it lost a well-played game at Manhasset on Monday, falling 2-1. more

Nearly 200 people attended the 22nd annual Mayor’s Golf and Tennis Classic & Dinner Monday night, the primary fundraiser for the Rockville Centre Community Fund, at the Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor — about 125 golfers, 30 for tennis and the rest for dinner only. Former Village Justice Frank Yannelli was the guest of honor. Yannelli was introduced by former Village Justice Robert Williams, his colleague for 16 years, and among the speakers were Mayor Mary Bossart and Dr. Barry Dov Schwartz, the spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Sholom who referred to the Jewish harvest festival of Succot, likening the ceremonial citrus, shaped like a heart, to Yannelli’s character. more