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When three East Rockaway businesses were severely damaged by an early morning fire on Aug. 8, it did not take long for the community to rally around them.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/26/19
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The East Rockaway Village Pride Party is hosting a Taste of East Rockaway fundraiser on Sept. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. along Main Street, with proceeds going to businesses damaged by a recent fire.
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9/11/19
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The Village Pride Party will host a fundraiser called “A Taste of East Rockaway” on Sept. 17 to help cover repairs to the restaurant B Bistro: A Taste of Vietnam and the VIP Love Your Pet grooming shop on Main Street in East Rockaway, after they were damaged by a fire in August.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/5/19
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August 15 marked 50 years since Woodstock, when an estimated 400,000 young people flocked to the fields of a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. Most had no idea they were making history by watching their favorite bands hit the stage at the music festival.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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8/29/19
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It’s been 50 years since Army veteran Harold Jantz singlehandedly saved his platoon during an enemy ambush in a Vietnam jungle, but he said that night still haunts him to this day. “That was one of many firefights I was in,” the 70-year-old Jantz said, “but this is the one that sticks to me most.”
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By Alyssa Seidman
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8/15/19
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The East Rockaway Fire Department responded to two fires on the evening of Aug. 7 and early in the morning of Aug. 8, one at a home and the second at a business.
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8/14/19
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The loudest voice in the Jewish Reform movement is now, sadly, silent.
Al Vorspan, who was jailed with several other Reform rabbis in 1964 in Augustine, Fla., after responding to a clarion call from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to join the civil rights protest, died on Feb. 16 in upstate New Paltz. The former Hewlett resident was 95.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/21/19
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Howard Kalachman has earned many honors for his service to the country, but he refused to accept one: the Purple Heart, because he was not injured in combat. He did, however, accept the Town of Hempstead's Veterans Award.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/19/18
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Of his various experiences in the military — including being selected for the Special Forces after basic training, working on reconnaissance projects with indigenous South Vietnamese tribes, and …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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6/28/18
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Bellmore and North Bellmore community members gathered on Monday for a solemn tradition paying tribute to local veterans.
For roughly 45 minutes, participants gathered at the World War I monument …
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5/31/18
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