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Dutch Broadway safety talk resumes after teens hurt
As she was headed home with her son in tow this Halloween, Elmont resident Mimi Pierre-Johnson watched as a car careened off the road near the intersection of Dutch Broadway and Elmont Road, flipping …
Sewanhaka embraces latest app
Early adoption allows students to thrive
Sewanhaka Central High School District Mathematics Coordinator Robert Pontecorvo said he saw his work to upgrade the district’s math program come to fruition on Oct. 1 when an H. Frank Carey High …
Kaplan defeats Phillips in Senate District 7
In a race widely viewed as crucial for state Democrats’ efforts to take control of the Senate, Anna Kaplan, a Democrat from Great Neck defeated Republican incumbent Elaine Phillips from Flower Hill …
Auto accident strikes four Elmont teens, leaving two critically injured
A car careened off the road in Elmont on Oct. 31 after being involved in a multi-vehicle wreck and struck four local high school bystanders, leaving two in critical condition.Police officials …
Sewanhaka seeks new superintendent
With reluctance, the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted to accept Superintendent Ralph Ferrie’s retirement during a board meeting on July 9. As Board President David …
Elmont Jewish Center prays for Pittsburgh
Elmont Jewish Center Rabbi Chaim Blachman described the horrific sensation of broken hearts and fear within the Jewish community in the wake of the mass shooting at a Pennsylvania synagogue that took …
Elmont educator Mecklembourg going full speed ahead
Elsy Mecklembourg doesn’t know how to slow down. At an age when most people are considering retirement plans, Mecklembourg, 63, is finishing up the coursework for her doctorate in medical education …
Rock Out takes aim at cancer
With only a few days left until the big day, Rock Out Cures Inc.’s executive board members gathered at the Plattdeutsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square last week to make sure that everything …
Bauer descendant unravels connection to local church
Simple curiosity took hold of George Bauer one day in the summer of 2016 at his home in Lees Summit, Missouri. But despite the itch to explore and research his family’s history, Bauer had no solid …
County Legislator Carrié Solages pleads guilty
Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, a Democrat from Elmont, pleaded guilty to two disorderly conduct violations in a Hempstead court on Sept. 12, and was ordered to take part in a 26-week …
Senior crisis hotline takes hundreds of calls since November
After the suicide of an elderly veteran in Bellmore roughly four months ago, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino and the Long Island Crisis Center announced the launch of a senior crisis hotline. It began operating on Dec. 1, and since then, over 200 calls have been logged.
Christopher Capece
Multifamily housing is right for Long Island
Since the 1960s, there has been a raging debate about the proper place of multifamily housing on Long Island. Opponents warn of “Queens creep,” implying . . .
Randi Kreiss
Breathing hard, and moisturizing, in northern California
Not every weekly newspaper has a foreign correspondent, and we don’t, either. So, I bring to you, at my expense, a firsthand account of a summer in the wilds of northern California.
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American museum of natural history presents: unseen oceans
Visitors to Unseen Oceans will embark on a journey that takes them from the oceans’ sunlit surface to inky depths as they discover the latest in ocean science and encounter the researchers and …