Keyword: 'Five Towns Community Center' | Herald Community Newspapers

Keyword: Five Towns Community Center

13 results total, viewing 1 - 10

In addition to speaking about her experience as an HIV survivor, Niko Flowers recreated the persona of Harriet Tubman at the Black History Month and National Black HIV Awareness Day at the Five Towns Community Center on Feb. 21.

Blending Black History Month with health care

At an event on Feb. 21, the Five Towns Community Center, in Lawrence, celebrated both National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, marked two weeks earlier, and Black History Month, interspersing personal stories, health information and local history with the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on civil rights and equality. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 2/28/19

Mangano offers new budget to NIFA

Nonprofit social-service agencies like the Five Towns Community Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night. more

By Erik Hawkins and Mary Malloy | 12/7/16

After Sept. 30, the Five Towns Community Center will be under new leadership. Bertha Pruitt, the center’s executive director, is moving to Maryland to be closer to her family.

Leaving the Five Towns and its community center

After almost 40 years of service to the Five Towns Community Center, Executive Director Bertha Pruitt will leave her position on Sept. 30. The search for her replacement is under way. more

By Vanessa Parker | 9/3/14

Poverty — the story of us all

The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished. more

10/3/13

Everyone needed in ongoing storm recovery

The effects of Hurricane Sandy continue to dominate the headlines, yet it’s an encouraging sign to see the shifting focus from the long road ahead to the current progress being made, particularly on the local level. more

Jenny Lu | 12/12/12

Gov. Cuomo, left, shook a Five Towns resident's hand as State Sen. Dean Skelos handed a meal to a family at the Community Center.

Governor visits the Five Towns

Lawrence High School senior Stephanie Kendal said it was important for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to see how Hurricane Sandy affected those in the Five Towns as he visited the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on Nov. 21 to help hand out 500 turkeys and 500 individual meals. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/28/12

Gov. Andrew Cuomo helped hand out 500 turkeys and 500 individual meals at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence.

Governor visits the Five Towns

Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence and helped to hand out 500 turkeys and 500 individual meals on the day before Thanksgiving. more

By Ann E. Friedman | 11/21/12

The Town of Hempstead will have specialists from its building department at two sites in the Five Towns to answer residents questions about rebuilding their homes after Hurricane Sandy.

Mobile building department sites in the Five Towns

From noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Number Six School at the intersection of Peninsula and Branch boulevards in Woodmere and on Wednesday at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, the Town of Hempstead will have a walk-in center to help residents. more

11/19/12

Five Towns Community Center Director Peter Visconti and Center counselor Felipe Plaza handed out food, water and supplies to residents on Cheshire Road and the surrounding streets in Inwood on Monday afternoon.

Help for decimated Inwood residents

The devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused to residents on Cheshire Road and the surrounding streets in Inwood is still apparent more than two weeks later as many remain busy cleaning out their homes, salvaging what they can and some are still without power. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/14/12

Toiletries, flashlights, batteries, children’s clothing, toys, diapers, cleaning supplies, paper goods, utensils and kosher food are still in high demand in the Five Towns.

In Sandy’s wake, a surge of support

After seeing many people in the community with homes ruined and lives turned upside down in the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, Five Towns Community Chest Board President Steven Spiro said the organization was spurred into action. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/14/12

1 | 2 Next »

Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.