Prom 2021 is an act of faith. It is kids needing to shake off more than a year of lockdowns, shutdowns, sickness and isolation. It is a down payment on good times ahead after an avalanche of disappointments.
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6/3/21
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Memorial Day events will take on new urgency this year as a kind of collective anti-insurrection rally.
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5/27/21
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On April 23, Lawrence Woodmere Academy middle and high school students performed LWA’s first ever Covid-friendly musical. The students performed “High School Musical” in front of a live and virtual audience.
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By Sophia Cesare
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5/27/21
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It was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent . . .
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By Alan Singer
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5/6/21
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I covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers.
I could never have imagined then that that day would haunt me still.
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5/6/21
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The family and friends of Hewlett native Dr. David A. Genn say that he always stood out with his honesty, humility, humbleness and above all else, his tremendous kindness and generosity.
Genn, a …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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5/6/21
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With five seats open in this year’s Hewlett-Woodmere School District board of education election, a seventh candidate in Ramsha Ansari has thrown her hat into the ring.
Ansari, 28, joined …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/29/21
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For 20-year old Woodmere resident and entrepreneur Rom Raviv, he wants to be a role model to younger Five Towns residents seeking to be entrepreneurs.
The 2018 Hewlett High School …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/19/21
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Hewlett High School senior tennis player Rachel Arbitman capped off her high school tennis career with a record-breaking victory at Eisenhower Park on April 17.
Arbitman became the first female …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/19/21
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Nearly a year after schools — like most of life — changed dramatically when the coronavirus pandemic began, shifting from in-person learning to remote instruction, the Lawrence High …
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/15/21
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