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Fair A storybook adventure in West Hempstead
Students at Chestnut Street School in West Hempstead went on a storybook adventure with a StoryWalk on Nov. 10. Presented and organized by West Hempstead Library librarian Kerry Nugent, the StoryWalk …
Lakeview Fire Department provides free coronavirus testing for first responders
For the next few weeks, essential workers can be tested for coronavirus for free, thanks to a new initiative launched by Town of Hempstead officials in collaboration with Northwell Health. The …
Bitetto comes home, signs with Rangers
Island Park native; West Hempstead grad inks 2-year deal
Island Park's Anthony Bitetto grew up a fan of the New York Rangers and will realize a childhood dream when his next NHL game will be as a member of the blueshirts.
West Hempstead woman assaults, spits on police officer during arrest
Nassau County police arrested a West Hempstead for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Tuesday in East Garden City, at 11:30 p.m. Police were informed about an incident that occurred on Oak …
Breakfast Club honors Operation Babylift mother
As the Vietnam War dragged on in the fall of 1974, Lana and Byron Noone were fighting a battle of their own at home in Garden City South, struggling to deal with two miscarriages and having given up …
Reaching ‘new heights’
West Hempstead rabbi named executive V.P. of Religious Zionists of America
Rabbi Ari Rockoff, of West Hempstead, says that no matter what job he holds, his main focus is to remain committed to a life of service. Rockoff said that this tradition runs deep in his family, …
Schools
Promoting positivity at West Hempstead Middle School
The Dignity and Tolerance Club at West Hempstead Middle School created a Walk of Positivity leading into the school building on Oct. 21. Students and faculty wrote uplifting phrases in chalk by the …
Schools
Halloween festivities in West Hempstead
Kindergarteners in Daniel Ianniello’s class at Chestnut Street School in West Hempstead virtually met with students in Sheila Dempsey’s class at West Hempstead High School to take part in …
Crime Watch
Teen charged for violent robbery in West Hempstead
Nassau County police reported the arrest of a Roosevelt man for robbing another man in West Hempstead on Oct. 27. According to police, 19-year-old Rahmarv McNeil approached a male victim, 62, from …
Schools
West Hempstead celebrates dedicated school board members
The West Hempstead School District celebrated School Board Recognition Week during their monthly meeting on Oct. 21. Dr. Nichelle Rivers, the district’s director of performing, fine and …
Editorial
Giving thanks in 2020
In a year when so much has gone awry — so many lives lost, businesses battered, jobs vanished — it strains the imagination to think what we might be thankful for, particularly as the nation enters its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Editorial
County does right by small businesses
We are pleased that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is once again promoting small businesses ahead of the holiday season — which is vital this pandemic year.
Op-Ed
Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away
Besides the sad deaths of a quarter-million Americans, the pandemic claimed another victim this month: the re-election of President Trump. Had the election been held in February . . .