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Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Social Studies Chairwoman Robyn Einbinder, Mepham Social Studies teacher Stu Stein, Johnson Mutibagirana, Mepham English teacher Ed Grosskreuz and Mepham teacher Marie Netto posed for a photo at a Dec. 15 program featuring Mutibagirana, a Rwandan genocide survivor.

Johnson Mutibagirana was 9 years old when he watched his mother’s execution alongside 40 other Tutsi neighbors when Hutus began the politically driven slaughter of a fellow Rwandan ethnic group in … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/14/15

Holocaust survivor Evelyn Pike Rubin, of Jericho, came to Calhoun High School recently to speak with students about her wartime experiences. Her family hid out in Shanghai to escape the Nazi Gestapo.

From 'Ghetto Shanghai' to L.I.

The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/26/14

Members of Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc., Kennedy High School’s alumni association, recently cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Cougar Walk of Recognition.

Kennedy opens Cougar Walk of Recognition

Taking on an almost human dimension, Kennedy High School’s new Cougar Walk of Recognition was born after nine months in development. Members of Bellmore JFK Alumni Inc., who created the walkway … more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/5/14

All set for a clambake: Visitors get involved in food preparation as they assemble a traditional Mashpee Wampanoag clambake.

Exploring 'Native Voices' that shaped our nation

Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) offers its perspective on the American spirit in its newest exhibition, “Native Voices, New England Tribal Families.” more

By Karen Bloom | 10/29/14

Comedian Sal Richards and tenor MIchael Amante join forces for some humor and song at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Sunday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Exploring the Centuries: 3rd-20th Century Asian ArtWorks are of historic, spiritual and artistic importance and highlight centuries-old artistic traditions, drawn from Hofstra … more

10/22/14

An indecent proposal?

Invitations to a dinner dance honoring retiring State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg stirred up simmering resentment between political foes Glenn Ingoglia and Mark Tannenbaum last week. more

By Tom Jordan | 10/8/14

Emmanuel Habimana, a Rwandan filmmaker and lecturer who as a young boy in 1994 survived the Rwandan Genocide, addressed students in March at Calhoun High School. He was a guest speaker in social studies teacher Dr. David Goldberg’s “Voices of the Past” class, which deals with human rights violations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

At Calhoun, genocide survivor urges tolerance, peace

When Emmanuel Habimana was a young boy, people often stood outside his family’s home, singing songs of hatred and catcalling at all hours so that those inside could not sleep, he recently told students at Calhoun High School. These memories date from 1992, Habimana said, when he was 7 years old. The harassment of his family — day and night — was so regular and frightening that Habimana asked his parents, “Did you choose to be a Tutsi? Why are we being called snakes, cockroaches?” more

By Brian Racow | 5/15/14

Glenn Ingoglia, Laura Hassett and Joe Annarella.

Ingoglia for mayor; Annarella, Hassett for trustees

Anyone familiar with the history of Island Park knows how important next Tuesday’s election will be. In a village where one party has reigned since the 1960s, this race is the first since 1990 in … more

3/13/14

Voice mayoral candidate responds to campaign attack

In a letter to the Herald received on March 10, Mark Tannenbaum, a Harbor Isle resident and executive vice president of the Long Beach … more

By John Maher | 3/11/14

Ingoglia, McGinty face off for mayoral seat

For the first time in years, a new coalition will challenge the Unity Party in Island Park. The election will take place on March 18. This week, the Herald asked mayoral candidates Glenn Ingoglia, … more

By John Maher | 3/4/14

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