What happened at the Cedarhurst Israeli real estate event that generated a protest

The Great Israeli Real Estate event drew a different crowd than its normal clientele during a stop in Cedarhurst. Nassau police and protesters gathered down the road from Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on Spruce Street on March 12.

Brooklyn-based Center for Allied Health Education teaches preventative crisis care in Inwood

Achiezer, in collaboration with Center for Allied Health Education, are preparing parents for emergency situations.

Overnight road closures on the Nassau Expressway in Lawrence begin March 11

From March 11 through May 31, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., there will be road closures at the Nassau Expressway and Seagirt Boulevard interchange in Lawrence to perform maintenance on the Seagirt Boulevard Bridge, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Nassau police officer injured after alleged assault in Lawrence

One Nassau police officer was injured after a scuffle with a man following a brief foot pursuit in Lawrence near 6 p.m. on March 12.

Three sought for Cedarhurst assault, attempted robbery

Three people allegedly attacked a man and tried to take his car keys from him on Bayview Avenue in Cedarhurst at 7:05 p.m. on March 11, Nassau police said.

Here’s a very funny guy, Woodmere native Modi Rosenfeld

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Woodmere native Modi Rosenfeld, a stand-up comic, has used his long-time craft to provide relief to audiences.

Why Five Towns residents want Town of Hempstead building ban extended

Community members seated in the ballroom of the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club at a Lawrence Civic Association meeting on Feb. 29 held printed signs proclaiming their support for extending the Town of Hempstead moratorium on transit-oriented development.

EDITORIAL

Shining light where government remains dark

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance,” President James Madison once said. “And a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

COLUMNIST

St. Patrick’s is so much bigger than one day

St. Patrick’s Day is in reality no longer a one-day festive occasion celebrated on March 17, but an almost three-week-long celebration full of parades, luncheons, dinners and parties.

COLUMNIST

Where do our young leaders fit in the age debate?

It’s a common refrain your well-meaning, often younger friend or coworker might tell you to dampen your fears of getting older: “Age is just a number.”

COLUMNIST

The challenge of a Supreme Court that isn’t supreme

As a lawyer, I have the greatest respect for the American court system. Our country is one of the few in the world whose courts are not used for political vendettas, as is the case in Russia. That system is manipulated by one man, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and there are countless cases in which he has punished his political enemies by using the judicial system.