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United Hatzalah called on volunteers in Israel — including Charles Gros, of Atlantic Beach — to serve as paramedics during and after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Gros was equipped with a bulletproof vest and helmet as he responded to calls from those who were injured and others about those who had been killed.

Local paramedic's heroic journey: From an Israeli vacation to life-saving mission amid war

Charles Gros’s vacation in Israel took a dramatic turn when he was asked to use his skills as a paramedic after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks by Eli Beer, founder of United Hatzalah, an Israeli emergency medical services organization. more

By Parker Schug | 10/27/23

Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 Commander Syd Mandelbaum led the service at the war memorial in Lawrence’s Zion Park.

Marching in Lawrence and Cedarhurst for Memorial Day

Commemorating Memorial Day began on May 29 in Lawrence as village officials laid a wreath at the war memorial in Zion Park. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/1/22

To further promote its Lock Inventory Dispose campaign the Saving Lives Five Towns Drug and Alcohol Coalition held a drug take back day in Woodmere on Oct. 24. From left coalition assistant Marisa Ruggiero, coalition Youth Council President Jonah Katz, Director Susan Blauner, Gural JCC Chief Operating Officer Lisa Stein and JCC Chief Operating Officer Aaron Rosenfeld.

Collecting unneeded drugs in Woodmere

As part of its Lock Inventory Dispose campaign, the Saving Lives Five Towns Drug and Alcohol Coalition hosted a prescription drug take back day outside the Hatzalah garage on West Broadway in Woodmere on Oct. 24. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/28/21

Sharona Beck, center, made a $12,000 donation to Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County on May 11.

Honoring Hatzalah’s efforts with a donation

Cedarhurst resident Sharona Beck was inspired to pay it forward to Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County after the volunteer ambulance corps helped save her life last year, as well as … more

By Matthew Ferremi | 5/20/21

David Friedman, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel and a Woodsburgh resident, on a United Hatzalah ambucycle.

Five Towners join board of United Hatzalah

“Ambucycles” looking like something Batman might ride routinely race to the scene of medical emergencies across Israel, helping more than 6,000 United Hatzalah volunteers of all religious affiliations attend to the sick or wounded. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/24/21

Rabbi Boruch Bender, CEO and founder of Achiezer.

Rabbi Boruch Bender of Far Rockaway, CEO/Founder Achiezer

I certainly never thought in my lifetime that we would have lived through such a period. more

By Rabbi Boruch Bender | 12/2/20

Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Home in Woodmere hosted a celebrations of its health care workers highlighting its nurses.

Five Towns Premier celebrates its health care workers

National Nurses Week was commemorated by the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Home in Woodmere with a sweet and siren-aided outdoor celebration on May 7, for all the work by health care workers and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/7/20

An Inwood house at 13 Clinton Ave. was damaged by fire, but no injuries were reported.

Fire damages Inwood house on Clinton Avenue

Six fire departments responded to a house fire at 13 Clinton Ave. in Inwood at 3 p.m. on Dec. 24, officials said. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/25/19

A Nassau County police helicopter took Lawrence High School sophomore Jose Sandoval to Cohen Children's Hospital after the soccer player was hit by a car after practice on Oct. 28.

Lawrence High School soccer player hit by car

Lawrence High School sophomore Jose Sandoval was struck by a car at the intersection of Arlington Place and Peninsula Boulevard in Cedarhurst after leaving soccer practice close to 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 28, according to Lawrence School District Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen and the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/28/19

A car flipped onto its left side at the intersection of Cedarhurst and Fifth avenues in Cedarhurst just after 11 a.m. on Sept. 20. Two people were taken to a local hospital.

Flipped vehicle injures two in Cedarhurst

A car ended up on its driver’s side at the intersection of Cedarhurst and Fifth avenues in Cedarhurst just after 11 a.m. on Sept. 20, according to the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department officials. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/20/19

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