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Five Towns Early Learning Center student Kasey Rosales in the school’s outdoor garden.

Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood remains essential

The Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood, an essential part of the community it has served for 80 years, has remained vital during the coronavirus pandemic by never shutting its doors to care for the children of frontline workers. During World War II, women who attended trade school dropped off their children so they could work in the place of men. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/22/20

Lifelong Inwood resident Charles P. Ashby was a part of history and made a significant impact on his community through 100 years of life.

Saying goodbye to lifelong Inwood resident Charles ‘Percy’ Ashby at 100

Whether the 6-1 Charles P. Ashby was in the choir loft of Bethel African Methodist Church, on a World War II battlefield, working in the business world or in his Five Towns community, the lifelong Inwood resident stood tall. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/21/19

Holocaust survivor Marvin Jacobs, center, was honored by the Gural JCC on June 6. With him were his son, David Jacobs, and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice.

Holocaust survivors flourish

While many of the men and women who are considered part of “the Greatest Generation,” who grew up during the Great Depression and lived through or fought in World War II, are well into their 90s and dying at a rapid rate, a group of Holocaust survivors who are part of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC has grown to more than 350 people in recent years. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/13/19

The Gural JCC honored Holocuast survivor program member Marvin Jacobs, second from left. To his left JCC Associate Executive Director Cathy Byrne, Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, second from right David Jacobs and far right Rabbi Tzvi Krigsman.

Gural JCC honors Holocaust survivor Marvin Jacobs

On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, another vestige of the World War II era was commemorated as the Cedarhurst-based Marion & Aaron Gural JCC honored one of its members, Marvin Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/6/19

Jeff Burns Sr., an Inwood resident who served in World War II, was honored with a street dedication on Dec. 2. Above, Councilman Bruce Blakeman, left, and Jeff Burns Jr.

Inwood World War II veteran honored

As pedestrians and motorists pass the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Thomas Court in Inwood a remembrance of a community native can be seen and possibly be a conversation-starter on race … more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/6/18

Sgt. Jeff Burns Sr. was a member of the U.S. Army’s 761st Tank Battalion, which was known as the Black Panthers.

Remembering a World War II hero

Jeff Burns Jr. — whose father, Jeff Burns Sr., served in one of three all-black tank battalions in World War II — and Jeff Jr.’s longtime friend Dr. William Culpepper are the forces … more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/29/18

Lifelong Inwood resident Margaret DeNapoli Capobianco was devoted to her family, vocation and church.

Margaret DeNapoli Capobianco, 94

A longtime churchgoer, Margaret DeNapoli Capobianco did not allow health problems deter her from praying. The lifelong Inwood resident kept a spiral notebook full of the names of staff and other people she met at Oceanside Care Center in her eight years as a resident at the nursing and rehabilitation facility. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/19/18

Hewlett High School junior and CTeen member Evetta Poley read her original poem at the Chabad of the Five Towns’ Remembrance Evening last Sunday.

CTeens from the Chabad of the Five Towns embrace Judaism

Dr. Jacob Eisenbach stands only 5 feet 4, but might as well have been a sequoia last Sunday to 29 Hewlett and Lawrence high school students who know of the Holocaust only through stories. In front of them was a living survivor. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/3/18

Lucy Lasser Salpeter graduated from college, served in World War II and helped support several civic institutions and organizations.

Lucy Lasser Salpeter, 94

Lucy Lasser Salpeter graduated from college when it was still uncommon for women to attend schools of higher learning. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/25/18

In times of trouble, FDR comes to me

I made a pilgrimage in August to a shining house on a hill surrounded by lush forests. Below was a valley where apple trees grew in neat rows. In the distance was a wide river. This place, this magical place, was an oasis of calm, a landscape perfectly suited for introspection. more

9/14/17

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