The Robert F. Garrison Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, at 164 Main St. in East Rockaway, hosts a defensive driving course on March 7 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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3/4/20
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On Saturday, Dec. 15, members of the Merrick Kiwanis distributed dozens of toys collected through Sen. John Brooks’s annual Holiday Toy Drive to many joyous children.
The toys were donated …
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12/19/19
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Geena Cantalupo, a 2014 graduate of Calhoun High School, began her first tour of duty with the North Carolina Army National Guard in Kuwait in October, preventing her from spending the holidays with …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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12/19/19
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Congregation Ohav Sholom, in Merrick, will host its first-ever Hungerthon in partnership with Long Island Cares, home of The Harry Chapin Food Bank, on Nov. 9. The fundraiser is a concert/food drive hybrid aimed at helping the hungry on Long Island.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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10/31/19
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Imagine opening a new marble notebook on the first day of school and taking out your new box of crayons. Now imagine what it might be like to show up to class empty-handed and have to ask your teacher, or a classmate, to borrow a sheet of paper and pencil.
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8/23/19
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It’s late July and summer is in full swing, and so too is the boating season, from the North Shore to the South Shore. In recent years we have witnessed a number of serious boating accidents . . .
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By Jim Gaughran
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7/26/19
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The East Rockaway Public Library will be hosting an AARP Defensive Driving course on May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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5/1/19
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Under an agreement reached as part of the state budget passed by lawmakers over the weekend, plastic bags will be banned in all New York retail stores starting next March. “You drive through …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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4/4/19
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Waverly Park Elementary School is hosting a blood drive on April 15 from 3 to 7:30 p.m.
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4/3/19
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South Nassau Communities Hospital presents a lecture about drowsy driving at the Friedberg JCC on April 1 from 11 a.m. to noon.
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3/27/19
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