Search Results for 'rebecca melnitsky' | Herald Community Newspapers

The class of 1984 played their annual post-Thanksgiving football game at Merle Avenue.

For the 33rd year, Oceanside High School’s class of 1984 took to the field at Merle Avenue and played a game of football on Nov. 29, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It’s a longstanding tradition, class reunion and lunch for these men. It’s called the Turkey Bowl. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 12/3/14

The district’s iPad program will be expanding to the eighth grade next year, giving every student in the middle school a tablet computer for the year.

New programs for the new school year

From flipping classrooms to football fields, Rockville Centre schools have many changes for the 2014-2015 school year. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 8/28/14

Look out for invasive species of L.I.

Immigration may be controversial, but there’s one kind of immigrant that’s always bad: invasive plant and animal species. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 8/14/14

Tragedy on the field

Tom Cutinella, a football player in Shoreham-Wading River High School, died after a game last week. Cutinella, 16, had blocked a player from John H. Glenn High School during an Oct. 1 game. He collided with the opposing player and collapsed soon afterward. Cutinella died at Huntington Hospital a few hours later. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/8/14

Rabbis prepare for Jewish New Year

Area synagogues are getting ready for the high holy days. These holidays, which celebrate the Jewish New Year, start with Rosh Hashanah on the night of Sept. 24 and end with Yom Kippur on Oct. 4. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 9/17/14

Heart of Gold Award recipient John Fellin and Special Service Award winners Angela Abend and Donna Migdol at the Oceanside Kiwanis Installation Dinner on Sept. 18.

Honoring three special citizens

Oceanside Kiwanis honored three members of the community at its Charter and Installation dinner on Sept. 18 at the Oceanside Jewish Center. More than 100 people attended, including Joe Aiello, the Kiwanis New York governor, and Nancy Baxter, the lieutenant governor of Kiwanis Long Island’s Southwest division. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 9/24/14

Oceanside’s Fiedler champions canines

The weather was for the dogs, but the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) Dog Fest rocked on. Oceanside native and former NFL player Jay Fiedler was a special guest at the Oct. 11 event, billed … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/15/14

The Lions Club and the Little League want to build a special-needs-accessible park next to Hickey Field.

Let them all play

Two Rockville Centre organizations have initiated an effort to construct a special-needs-accessible playground. The Lions Club and the Rockville Centre Little League presented their proposal at the Oct. 6 Village Board of Trustees meeting. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/15/14

Central Synagogue will be holding a bone marrow donor drive on Yom Kippur this year to help get more names in the Bone Marrow Registry.

Help Central Synagogue save lives

Yom Kippur is the day where Jews pray for their names to be inscribed in the book of life. It is also a day to give the gift of life at Central Synagogue of Nassau County, where this year, the synagogue will hold a bone marrow donor drive on Yom Kippur. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 9/24/14

For the dogs. Residents have enlisted the help of LI-DOG to get a park in oceanside.

Residents push for a pooch park

The people of Oceanside want a dog park—at least that’s what they say on Facebook. The “Oceanside NY – Dog Park” Facebook group is campaigning for a dog park in Oceanside—preferably one in Oceanside Park. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/1/14