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Bellmore-JFK boasts two Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists
For the first time in Kennedy High School history, there are two Society for Science & the Public Science Talent Search finalists — Andrew Brinton and Katherine St. George, both 17, of Merrick. Kennedy is one of only a handful of schools from across the country to boast more than one finalist in this most prestigious of high school science competitions, sponsored this year by the pharmaceutical company Regeneron.
North Shore senior makes Regeneron Science Talent Search finals
North Shore High School senior Kyra McCreery has been chosen as a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. She will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., from March 5 to 11, …
Woodmere Club owners sue Woodsburgh village, again
The legal battles growing out of the planned development of the 112-year-old Woodmere Club continue...
Construction commences on Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital's new central utility plant
Fences surround one-third of the parking lot north of the main entrance to Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, signaling the start of construction of a $90 million central utility plant, which will advance the capabilities of the hospital’s electrical system.
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Kennedy High School boasts three Regeneron science scholars
John F. Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, regularly boasts a number of semifinalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, and this year is no exception. Three seniors were announced as Regeneron scholars on Jan. 8, and the students’ months-long projects led to practical, potentially world-changing conclusions.
W.T. Clarke H.S. senior is named a Regeneron scholar
The classroom buzzed with students sharing stories and laughing as they poured cups of soda to celebrate the capstones of their research, and one student in particular. The whiteboard at the …
North Shore High School seniors make science contest semifinals
Dr. Molly Mordechai couldn’t hold back her excitement when she found out that two of her science research students were semi-finalists of the Regeneron Science Talent Search. The North Shore …
'A dream come true'
Lynbrook High senior is a Regeneron scholar
Throughout the summer, Lynbrook High School student Sara Bahri spent many late nights at the Weill Cornell Medical College’s Andersen Lab of Physiology and Biophysics, in Manhattan, poring over research documents as part of a major science experiment.
NASA welcomes Baldwinite to its crew
The room fell quiet and all eyes were trained on the projection screen on stage as a livestream showed Jasmin Moghbeli graduating from NASA’s Artemis program. Moghbeli, who grew up in Baldwin, …
Ten years of music at Buckley’s
When North High School alumnus and Sip This employee Nicholas Romano, 20, walked into Buckley’s Restaurant and Pub in Valley Stream on Dec. 28 and prepared to perform with his band, SLMBR, for …
Opening up the dialogue
Suicide prevention workshop held for parents in West Hempstead
Instructors from the Lutheran Counseling Center in Mineola and parents at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in West Hempstead agreed that the hardest part of addressing suicide is speaking to their …
Editorial
Kudos to Nassau for signing climate pledge
At the Herald, we like to give credit where credit is due. In our Nov. 8-14 editorial, “Nassau should take the Climate Smart Pledge,” we called on County Executive Laura Curran . . .
Editorial
L.I.’s high-tech future is on the horizon
For years, we have spoken about a so-called “brain drain” on Long Island — the steady departure of young people in their 20s and 30s. They’re fed up with the Island’s high cost of housing . . .
Scott Brinton
My colonoscopy: not the ordeal I dreaded
The doctor wished me a good sleep. Then I blacked out. I awoke a half-hour later, but it felt as if only seconds had passed. I couldn’t open my eyes. It was if they were . . .
Randi Kreiss
What’s a royal to do in the 21st century?
The queen doesn’t need a passport or a driver’s license because she’s the queen, and she gets transported anyplace she wants to go. Just a little click of those thick-heeled black shoes and off she goes, with her Corgis in tow.
Alfonse D'Amato
Killing Iran’s military mastermind was the right thing to do
The decision to attack Iranian terrorist mastermind Gen. Qassim Suleimani was the right one. The fact that the operation succeeded in killing him should be welcomed rather than second-guessed.