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Overcast No weekend Far Rockaway, Long Beach LIRR service
Beginning on Friday, April 16 at 10:15 p.m. through Monday, April 19 at 3:30 a.m., service 9n both directions on the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches of the Long Island Rail Road will be suspended for signal cutover in Valley Stream, which is part of restoration work stemming from Hurricane Sandy damage.
Woman’s body found after Inwood car stop
New York City police stopped a car on the Nassau Expressway at Bayview Avenue in Inwood after 2 a.m. on April 14, and found the body of a woman in the vehicle’s trunk. Police said that they saw four men come out of a building on Foam Place in Far Rockaway near 2 a.m. and put something in the trunk.
Inwood man charged with DWI
Nassau County police arrested an Inwood resident at 10:40 p.m. on April 13 for driving while intoxicated after the man allegedly left the scene of a vehicular accident at 679 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence.
Lawrence High School’s top three scholars
Valedictorian Amy Sharin, salutatorian Nader Daruvala and honor speaker Daniela Andrade are the top three scholars of the class of 2021 for Lawrence High School.
Youthful Lawrence preps for fall ball
With seven sophomores and one freshman starting and playing major minutes, Lawrence football head coach Jason Supple is looking for this spring’s action to translate into better results in the …
Rice aims to check the rising cost of flood insurance
Responding to a study showing that flood insurance premiums could increase to nearly five times what they are now, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice is looking to introduce legislation that will limit the …
Lawrence School District teachers learn that their efforts have made a difference
Nearly a year after schools — like most of life — changed dramatically when the coronavirus pandemic began, shifting from in-person learning to remote instruction, the Lawrence High …
Lawrence Woodmere Academy student places second in app challenge
Samuel Schwartz, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy sophomore, captured second place in the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for the 4th Congressional District represented by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City).
Heralds take home top honors in press contest
The Herald Community Newspapers took home 26 honors in the annual New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, which attracted more than 2,400 of entries from 151 newspapers across …
Shabazz-Allah leads VSS over Hewlett
Valley Stream South’s football playoff hopes are still alive thanks to Yasir Shabazz-Allah and Tyler VanEtten.