On clear summer evenings, I sit on the lawn of William L. Buck Elementary School in Valley Stream — a five-minute walk from my house — with a telescope I was given four years ago at my bat mitzvah.
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By Ilana Greenberg
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9/21/23
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A lack of outdoor lighting has meant less playing time on the Five Towns Community Center fields, especially during the summer months, when children can stay later. But that is changing.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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9/8/23
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Five Towns community youth spent their summer having fun.
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By Parker Schug
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9/1/23
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The Hewlett-Woodmere school community has not put a halt to learning this summer. Students had the opportunity to showcase a month’s worth of artwork; at a summer art show on Aug. 2
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Parker Schug
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8/13/23
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Two recent baseball events caused fond memories to come charging back, while reinforcing the inter-generational hold that New York baseball has on my family.
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8/3/23
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Summer leaves some school-aged kids scrambling to find a healthy meal, since they can’t depend on the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs at their school.
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7/13/23
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Crafts, games and snacks marked the kickoff of Peninsula Public Library’s Summer Reading Program on June 21. Library Director Carolynn Matulewicz, Children’s Librarian Pat Murphy, and librarian trainee Henna Ross planned activities, which are scheduled several times a week until mid-August, for children from pre-K through eighth grade.
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By Kepherd Daniel
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7/2/23
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Beginning on July 11 and ending on Aug. 29, the 26th annual Village of Cedarhurst Tuesday Nite Concerts Under the Gazebo will take place in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park at the intersection of Cedarhurst and Summit avenues.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/9/23
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Summer is just around the corner and that means the annual Atlantic Beach Village Gardens Plant sale is too.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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5/3/23
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State taxpayers remain mostly blinded by educational obfuscations like the high school graduation rate.
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By Mark Nolan
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3/9/23
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