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For West Hempstead High School’s Marisa Sheehan and Isabella Caldwell, learning they were named valedictorian and salutatorian lightened up a less-than-stellar day. Someone stole Caldwell’s chips …
Student standouts in Malverne, West Hempstead
State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin hosted her inaugural Student Standout Awards ceremony on June 2. Griffin recognized 13 high school students who have stood out in their school and communities. …
A special tour for West Hempstead’s kindergartners
Kindergarten students at Chestnut Street School in West Hempstead visited Cornwell Avenue School to become familiar with their future school building on June 12. Cornwell Avenue Principal Deanna …
Lakeview Fire Department celebrates 110 years, hosts 4th Battalion Parade
Twelve men met in 1909 at the Shon Grocery Store, at the corner of Colonial Road and Brooklyn Avenue (now Woodfield Road), to organize the Lakeview Hook and Ladder Company. Funds were raised through …
West Hempstead schools collaborates with North Carolina educators
The West Hempstead School District welcomed Molloy College professors Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld and Dr. Maria Dove along with a group of educators from the Wake County Public School System in North …
Schools
Long Island Science Congress winners in West Hempstead
The West Hempstead School District was well represented by students from both the middle and high school during the Long Island Science Congress on April 9 and 10. Fourteen West Hempstead students …
Neighbors in the News
Scholar from West Hempstead receives highest rank at Yeshiva University
West Hempstead resident Alexander Selesny was among the hundreds of students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate schools to will receive a degree during its 88th Commencement Exercises on May …
West Hempstead native’s long journey from group home to Hot 97 DJ
Former West Hempstead resident Mike Turkowitz, a.k.a. “Hip-Hop Mike,” remembers sitting in a group home in the mid-2000s as a teenager and turning to music to help him stay optimistic. It was …
Neighbors
West Hempstead teens honored at annual scholarship dinner
The West Hempstead Community Scholarship Fund held its annual dinner on May 14 at Pompeii Restaurant in West Hempstead. Several scholars were recognized for their academics. Town Supervisor Laura …
Annual West Hempstead’s Got Talent to return in July
Performers of all ages showed off their talents in front of family and friends at Hall’s Pond Park last summer in the West Hempstead Community Support Association’s inaugural “West …
The Week Ahead
The Week Ahead in Malverne, West Hempstead
Learn more about your roots Learn tips on finding your ancestors at the West Hempstead Public Library on Monday, June 17, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The library’s genealogy databases Ancestry.com, …
Randi Kreiss
If only we knew now what we’ll know then
I saw a guy in town waiting under the portico of a medical practice that specializes in lung disease, and damn if he wasn’t puffing away on a cigarette.