How Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway students helped get boots to the Israel Defense Forces

It began with a phone call. A few days after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, when many of the Israel Defense Forces reservists returned to active duty, IDF officers, including General Daniel Jacobs, saw that the returnees’ boots were very worn.

Overnight road closures on the Nassau Expressway in Lawrence begin March 11

From March 11 through May 31, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., there will be road closures at the Nassau Expressway and Seagirt Boulevard interchange in Lawrence to perform maintenance on the Seagirt Boulevard Bridge, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Judge says Cold Spring Hills Center needs an independent oversight group

Woodmere resident Benjamin Landa, who was previously a landowner of the Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Woodbury, will be required to pay $500,000 of the $2 million in restitution required by a court ruling.

Cedarhurst residents unhappy with Lawrence school district seawall plan

Cedarhurst village residents packed Village Hall and crowded into a downstairs anteroom on March 14 to express their anger at the Lawrence school district for the proposed sewall to be built on the Lawrence High School campus.

Sasha Young says goodbye to Five Towns Community Center

Sasha Young, the founder of Gammy’s Pantry and the director of summer camps and after-school programs at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, stepped down from her roles there and said goodbye last Friday.

Learn how Hewlett High School's Bionica robotics team is going global

Hewlett High School’s all-girls robotics team is seeing the results of months of preparation. After dedicating Friday nights since September to building a robot, meeting with mentors and collaborating with other young engineers, the team will compete in the international FIRST Championship of robotics in Houston next month.

Cedarhurst Trustees Dan Plaut and Myrna Zisman gain new four-year terms

Cedarhurst village Trustees Dan Plaut and Myrna Zisman each earned another four-year term after balloting on March 19.

Herald Editorial

Cedarhurst residents say, ‘listen to us’

Cedarhurst Village Hall was packed with angry people who wanted answers — and information.

COLUMNIST

With AI, we’re through the looking glass

In “Through the Looking-Glass,” Lewis Carroll’s sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the author warns us to beware the Jabberwock. If he were writing today, he would probably warn us to be leery of artificial intelligence, with “jaws that bite” and “claws that catch.” The big difference is that AI has escaped the realm of fantasy.

Columnist

It’s me, not ChatGPT . . . at least I think so

Why should I work this week? No one works anymore, or if they show up, they bring attitude or the three stages of incompetence: Don’t care, don’t want to be here, don’t notice you standing there at my counter. (I don’t mean you, of course. Herald readers are all diligent, responsible people.)

Columnist

Whose are the votes that count?

In the United States, there are elections because of our Constitution. There is political bantering over everything, including whether the U.S. is much of a democracy or not. But make no …

Columnist

Traffic safety: a holistic approach

From my experience as a lawyer and as a county legislator since 2022, traffic safety is a topic high on my list of priorities. Rarely a day goes by when we don’t read, see or hear reports of accidents on our roadways, too often with tragic results. For virtually every Long Islander, traffic is a part of our everyday lives. Congestion on our roadways is ever present, and because of that, the safety of drivers, passengers and pedestrians should be the first priority for every driver and everyone on foot trying to cross a street.

Columnist

Wake up, Congress!

On the night of my victory in last month’s 3rd Congressional District special election, I promised my constituents that when I was sworn back into Congress, I would personally deliver their …