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For the third time in more than two years, Cedarhurst village was the backdrop in the battle against antisemitism. more
Being quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t an obstacle for the scientific ingenuity of Lawrence siblings Yair and Yiela Saperstein, along with their colleagues from the startup company avoMD, which is in the business of disseminating medical information and has an app of the same name. more
Rachel Sacks and Perrin Rudensky are the valedictorian and salutatorian for the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School’s class of 2017. more
The harrowing day of Sept. 11, love and the changes life brings are the concurrent threads that run through Hewlett native Jill Santopolo’s newest book, “The Light We Lost,” slated for a May 2 release. more
For every large-scale social movement, there is a “tipping point, that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” So wrote New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell in . . . more
Joshua Gold will succeed Dr. Rochelle Brand as principal of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) Middle School effective July 1. more
The Stella K. Abraham (SKA) High School for Girls class of 2016 named Aliza Isaacs its valedictorian; Devory Lebowitz the salutatorian and Sara Bienenstock the Keter Shem Tov Award winner. more
Hewlett High School science teacher Dr. Terrence Bissoondial who oversees the district’s research program was awarded a teaching fellowship in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a Tarrytown-based company. more
Across Long Island, a large number of public school students did not take this year’s state assessments in English Language Arts and math, which were given to third- through eighth-grade students this month, according to figures reported by many schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties. more
Harry Ronis, former Woodmere and Cedarhurst resident who served as the former president of his local chapter of the NAACP, died on Nov. 30, two months and five days short of his 100th birthday. He was 99. more
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