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HAFTR recognized four individuals for their volunteer and professional contributions to the school. From left were HAFTR Executive Director Reuben Maron, school President Jason Bokor and guests of honor David and Alissa Hersh. Also honored were Ari Solomon and Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Siff.
Contributors honored at HAFTR dinner [Photo gallery]
Alissa and David Hersh, both doctors and parents of four children who attend the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR), were the guests of honor at the school’s 37th annual dinner held last Saturday in its the sports complex in Lawrence. more
Through Dancing Classrooms, a ballroom dancing program, Ogden Elementary School students not only learned to dance, but gained confidence in themselves.
Waltzing their way to self-confidence [Photo gallery]
Fourth-grade students from Ogden Elementary School recently concluded a 10-week, 20-session ballroom dance program through Dancing Classrooms Long Island: Transforming Lives One Step At A Time, a social development and arts-in-education residency program that aims to help young people develop a positive self-image and essential life skills such as confidence, respect for others and social awareness. more
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, left, met with Sens. Bob Mendenez, Cory Booker, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Mar. 11.
Action for Sandy victims
After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation. more
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The Village of Atlantic Beach is beginning a tree removal program within the next two weeks. Along Bermuda Street, several trees are due to be cut down.
Atlantic Beach to cut down 300 dead trees
Up to 300 trees that died due to Hurricane Sandy-related damage will be cut down throughout the Village of Atlantic Beach at a cost of $124,025. Removal of the tree is expected to begin in two weeks, village officials said. more
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Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) helped Lawrence School District attain a $2.6 million FEMA grant to pay for Hurricane Sandy repairs made to the high school. Above, the school's damaged electrical wiring.
Lawrence School District gets $2.6m grant
Lawrence School District will get a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will cover 90 percent of the cost of building repairs to the high school, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. more
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More than $4,000 was alleged to have been stolen from Woodmere group residents’ bank accounts by Leslie Vega, above.
Brooklyn woman stole $4,000 from Woodmere group home residents
A Brooklyn woman employed at AHRC in Woodmere for six days in November 2012, allegedly withdrew money from several TD Banks, including the one in Cedarhurst, through accounts belonging to the group home residents, police said. more
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Temple Hillel in North Woodmere hosted a political forum that included several local elected officials. From left were Cedarhurst Trustee Myrna Zisman, Assemblyman David McDonough (R-Merrick), State Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), event organizers Cindy Grosz and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Republican Michael Conigliaro, Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and Lawrence Trustee Michael Fragin.
Citizens air concerns at political summit [Photo gallery]
Several local elected officials took park in a political form at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere last Sunday. more
Five Towns NY Rising Community Reconstruction projects are moving forward, officials said. Above on the right is a completed bioswale, on the left is one under construction.
Storm recovery projects moving forward
Agreements with three subrecipients, the municipalities that will help administer the NY Rising Community Reconstruction projects for a trio of Five Towns-related infrastructure projects, were signed on March 3, along with 23 other such projects on Long Island. There are currently a dozen subrecipients connected with all 26 Long Island projects. more
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Chabad of Hewlett celebrated Purim with a party at SKA on March 4. Children dressed in costumes depicting the holiday’s heroes such as Queen Esther and Mordechai.
Celebrating Purim in Hewlett [Photo gallery]
More than 500 people took part in the Chabad of Hewlett’s Purim celebration at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park on March 4. more
East Coast Endodontics staff took part in its annual volunteer day. Dr. Rebecca Gottlieb, left, and Susett Assuncao performed a root canal.
Dental problems rooted out in Hewlett [Photo gallery]
Hewlett-based East Coast Endodontics hosted its ninth annual volunteer day in partnership with the Concerned Coalition of Medical Professionals (CCMP) last Sunday. more
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