News
Sort by: Featured Most recent
407 results total, viewing 261 - 270
Veterinarian Dr. Lee Gelfand, of Merrick, above, struggled for months to restore his business, All Creatures Veterinary Hospital in Long Beach, after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. He was forced to take roughly $750,000 in private loans to keep the clinic afloat. Above, Gelfand at the hospital shortly after the storm.
Businesses slowly recover after Sandy
Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc. more
|
Classrooms at the Hebrew school have also been renovated. The spaces are now brighter, and offer flexible seating and tables, oriented toward experiential learning.
What's new at Congregation Beth Ohr's Hebrew School?
Over the past two years, the Hebrew school at Congregation Beth Ohr, in Bellmore, has undergone some extensive changes in both its curriculum and physical appearance. more
|
Students in Dinkelmeyer Elementary School’s SADD Club, including Anastasia Morse, Sumayyah Shaikh, Adriana Aglio and Eric Lin, top row, and Savannah Mannion and Aiden Ramnarine, bottom row, helped the school’s PTA collect toys this year, to be donated to children at NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola.
SADD Club helps PTA with major toy drive at Dinkelmeyer Elementary School
The holiday season is full of initiatives that encourage students to give back at elementary schools throughout the North Bellmore School District. more
|
The Merrick Jewish Centre played host to Bellmore and Merrick synagogues last week, for a community wide celebration at the end of Hanukkah. Rabbi Josh Dorsch lit the Jewish centre’s menorah.
Merrick-Bellmore community event inspires finding light amid dark times
Last week, hundreds gathered for a joyous closure to the Hanukkah season at the Merrick Jewish Centre. Joined by Congregation Beth Ohr in Bellmore and Temple Beth Am of Merrick & Bellmore, the Jewish community gathered to light their menorahs, listen to and sing holiday music, and catch gelt — chocolate gold coins — off of a fire truck. more
|
Crews waited to head out in Oceanside.
Long Island rebuilding in Sandy's wake
The superstorm called Hurricane Sandy will surely go down as one of the U.S.’s most costly and crippling storms, ripping a $20 billion swath of destruction up the Eastern Seaboard, and Long Island’s South Shore was front and center amid the tumult as Sandy’s northern end lashed communities from Bellmore to Valley Stream and from Long Beach to Rockville Centre. Now, after the flooding and the fires, the anxiety and fear, the South Shore must slowly rebuild, one home, one school, one business at a time. more
|
Mary Malloy
Pretty in ink
I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my … more
|
Students of the Merrick Jewish Centre had the pleasure of writing and recording their own raps about their faith with the help of Matt Bar, the executive director of Bible Raps.
Embracing Judaism through Bible Rap at the Merrick Jewish Centre
When you think of music in the Jewish faith, you don’t necessarily think of rap — but that all changes with Bible Raps.  more
|
The South Shore’s wetlands are covered in debris that washed up during Hurricane Sandy. Above, the shoreline in Merrick.
Restoring the South Shore's Sandy-ravaged wetlands
Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea. more
|
Debra Markowitz, president of the Long Island Film & TV Foundation, said the expo would not be possible without the support of filmmakers on Long Island, and beyond.
Filmmakers unite at 'LIIFE,' Long Island's premier film festival
Long Island’s best known film festival, the Long Island International Film Expo, opened for its 26th year on July 19 at the historic Bellmore Movies. more
|
Graduates of John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School were among the Mepham High School juniors and seniors who met with sixth graders on Dec. 14 through the Athletes Compassionately Educating Students program.
North Bellmore sixth graders are ready to 'ace' middle school
In less than a year, sixth graders at John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District will find themselves in new surroundings. more
« Prev | 1 … 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 … 41 | Next »
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
© 2024, Richner Communications · 2 Endo Blvd · Garden City, NY · (516) 569-4000
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions