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“This is what newspapers do best,” the judges of the New York Press Association’s Sharon R. Fulmer Award for Community Leadership said in conferring on the Merrick Herald the …
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3/27/10
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Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently.
Then, snap!
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Scott Brinton
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3/26/10
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The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns held a Pre-Passover Seder at the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach on Thursday, March 18. The event featured traditional Passover food and rituals performed on the Jewish holiday.
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Photo by Susan Grieco/Herald
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3/25/10
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Interest in the June 15 Lawrence village elections is growing. Village Trustees Martin Oliner and Michael Fragin have thrown their hats into the ring in the race for mayor, increasing the likelihood of a rare contested election in the community.
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Andrew Coen
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3/25/10
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After months of planning by community volunteers and the passionate work of dozens of artists, "Project Bulldog" has arrived in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district.
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3/25/10
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools announced this week that Elizabeth Hunt has been appointed assistant principal of Ogden Elementary School in Valley Stream, effective July 1. Hunt’s appointment was approved by the Hewlett-Woodmere school board at its March 17 meeting.
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3/25/10
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Temple Israel of Lawrence concluded an exchange program with Orthodox Jewish students from Rome. In addition to educating youngsters about a different culture, the program was also designed to promote Jewish unity in the Five Towns between the Orthodox and Reform faiths with the Italian high school students spending the Sabbath with families from the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach.
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3/25/10
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Since our birth as a distinct people over three millennia ago, we have been commanded to retell the story of Passover to our children, not only in light of the historical events which occurred in antiquity, but also in relation to the realities in which we live today. As we sit down for the Seder with our families, I offer you these interpretations of the Passover symbols; from my home to yours.
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Rabbi Jay H. Rosenbaum, spiritual leader, Temple Israel of Lawrence
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3/25/10
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools announced this week Lori Freeman has been appointed executive director of Special Education, effective July 1. Freeman is assuming the role currently held by Elizabeth McGuire, who will retire from the district in June.
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3/25/10
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