"Rent," the award-winning musical is back, now at Hofstra, with a student cast featuring East Rockaway's Michael Quadrino. Also, you'll want to get outside and enjoy the season. Old Westbury Gardens and the country fair at Lawrence's Rock Hall are two great spots to visit this weekend.
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10/19/11
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Some 500 people attended two days of job fairs hosted by Veolia Transportation to learn more about positions with Long Island Bus. Veolia, selected by Nassau County to become its partner in operating …
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10/5/11
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Nassau County’s soon-to-be new public bus system operator, Veolia Transportation Inc., held a job fair of sorts for potential employees earlier this month.Veolia representatives spent about …
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Lee Landor
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9/28/11
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In many ways, Calhoun High School senior Elise Meade is your typical teen. The 17-year-old played varsity soccer last fall. She now competes on the varsity badminton team and plays the clarinet in Calhoun’s wind ensemble. On weekends, she referees youth soccer games.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/25/11
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Bilal Siddiqui, who is all of 17, began work on a research project aimed at understanding how cancer cells hijack the body’s own enzymes in order to metastasize, or spread, when he was still a sophomore at Mepham High School last year.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/13/11
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Kennedy senior Greg Manis describes himself as “chief geek” of the high school’s science club. To begin to understand Manis’s world, you probably have to be one of the club’s assistant geeks.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/6/11
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The Calhoun High School gymnasium was a abuzz on Friday morning as students by the dozen strolled from station to station, learning how to live healthy.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/14/11
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The Kennedy High School Student Government, PTA, and Guidance Department recently co-sponsored their second annual community service fair.
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11/26/10
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The Halloween spirit abounds in the area. There’s much to see and do, before the candy-fest arrives next Sunday. Here’s a roundup of some places to go this weekend and next.
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Karen Bloom
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10/20/10
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To the Editor:
I am a former Merrick resident, and I recently read Scott Brinton’s column “The press should leave Lindsday Lohan –– and Merrick –– alone” (Sept. 30-Oct. 6), in which he discussed Lohan and criticism of Merrick. It was sent to me in Florida by my cousin, who still lives in Merrick.
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10/13/10
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