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East Rockaway PTAs to host virtual Meet the Candidates Night for Board of Education hopefuls

The East Rockaway School District PTAs at Centre and Rhame Avenue elementary schools and the high school are hosting a Meet the Candidates Night for those seeking election on the Board of Education on May 4. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/29/21

Candidates vie for two Rockville Centre school board seats

Four candidates are vying for two open seats on the Rockville Centre Board of Education. Newcomers Nancy Turnblacer and Erika Messier are challenging incumbents Kelly Barry and Liz Dion, who are … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/29/21

Freeport residents Ynes Castillo and Francesco Caba received their first Pfizer-BioNTech shots April 21 at the Vaxmobile run by the Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital.

Vaxmobile pays visit to Baldwin

The Vaxmobile, the first mobile Covid-19 vaccination unit in the state, run by the Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, stopped by the … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/29/21

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd last week.

Baldwin residents react to Chauvin guilty verdict

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on April 20 for murdering George Floyd last year. The trial, which began March 29, left people around the country waiting for the … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/29/21

Volunteers, from left, Sandra Graves, Karen Mobley and Sabrina Burroughs-Scott at Sharon’s Food Pantry.

Sharon’s Food Pantry, Anti-Racism Project meeting needs a year on

More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, food insecurity and financial worries have made Sharon’s Food Pantry, at the Rockville Centre Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, an … more

By Tom Carrozza | 4/22/21

County Executive Laura Curran attended the walk and gave Baldwinite Angela Lucas, the founder and president of the Hangout One Happy Place, a citation.

Hundreds walk for autism in Baldwin Harbor Town Park

The sun shone brightly through the clouds last Sunday as hundreds of parents and their children with autism joined local residents in Baldwin Harbor Town Park for the Hangout One Happy Place Autism … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 4/22/21

Former Lynbrook High School wrestler Ally Fitzgerald committed to join the new women’s team at Sacred Heat University in Connecticut. She made history as a freshman at LHS in 2018, when she became the first female to win in her weight class at a boys’ wrestling tournament in Nassau County.

Female wrestler from Lynbrook continues to make history

After making wrestling history in the past for Lynbrook, Ally Fitzgerald will once again be a trailblazer in the sport, after accepting a scholarship to help launch the new women’s team at Sacred Heart University. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/22/21

Glen Cove High School seniors, from left, Delmy Henriquez, Alise Mazjane and Carolina Brasiello said their senior year was starting to look a little brighter now that they were seeing classmates and teachers more frequently.

Spring brings renewed hope for Glen Cove High School seniors

Glen Cove High School seniors drove into the high school parking lot on Tuesday morning, walked to the football field and gathered, sort of, for a class photo, chatting in the bright sun. The scene was almost normal — except for the masks and the reminders to keep their distance — with students laughing and administrators giving directions as a drone flew overhead, and was the first of several events this spring meant to provide students with some traditional senior-year experiences. more

By Jill Nossa | 4/22/21

Gabriel Leifer, center, helped on defense in a game last year in which Yeshiva went up against Old Westbury. The Jewish Sports Heritage Association will honor the Lawrence native on April 25.

Lawrence native Gabriel Leifer to be honored for basketball success

For Lawrence native Gabriel Leifer, choosing to focus on basketball instead of playing floor hockey in seventh grade, at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (now in Woodmere), was like winning the lottery. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/21/21

Save the date: RVC schools budget hearing to be held April 20

Save the date: The Rockville Centre Board of Education will host a preliminary budget hearing on Tuesday, April 20. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the South Side High School auditorium … more

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