In 2003, voters in the Lawrence School District overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $85.3 million budget with a 4.9 percent tax increase. In the subsequent 14 years, especially the past decade, Lawrence taxpayers have strongly supported the fiscal plans put together by district officials.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/22/17
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With 115 children ranging in age from 10 months to five years old traversing the colorful, kid-friendly hallways daily, Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre Early Childhood Director Cheryl Karp says she has the best job in the world.
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By Diana Colapietro
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3/22/17
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Damage to a 2-inch gas line at a house in Lawrence Wednesday morning resulted in the evacuation of one person from the home, National Grid spokeswoman Wendy Ladd said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/22/17
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Cedarhurst-based child psychologist Dr. Laurie Zelinger’s publisher, Loving Healing Press, donated 10 copies of her book “Please Explain Terrorism to Me: A Story for Children, P-E-A-R-L-S of Wisdom for Their Parents” to children in Israel.
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3/17/17
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I have a thesis that will be highly unpopular among –– and wildly derided by –– 30 to 40 percent of the liberal left: Sen. Bernie Sanders is out of touch with reality.
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4/20/16
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A group of Herald Community Newspapers editors, reporters and interns took a kayak tour on Nassau County’s wild side, at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, on July 24.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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A 15-year-old girl walking in the area of 430 Central Ave. in Cedarhurst on Feb. 25 at 6:45 p.m. and was attacked by two men who had been hidden in an alley, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/26/13
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An Atlantic Beach woman who allegedly stole more than $250,000 from her former employer was arrested Thursday morning.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/14/13
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If being “handy” means “clever with hands,” then I am “footy.”
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By Ron Goldman
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2/13/13
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It’s often true that traits that we think do not go together, somehow do. Perfectionism and procrastination is one of those strange bedfellows.
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By Linda Sapadin Ph.D.
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2/13/13
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