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A Few Clouds Lynbrook High School to welcome back class of 2021 in person
To bring more students back for in-person learning at Lynbrook High School, officials announced that all seniors would be invited back to the building starting Monday.
Lynbrook High School's top two seniors excel in, out of classroom
Ashley Roth and Kathryn Postiglione may seem at first glance like two typical childhood friends, but on closer examination, you quickly realize they are far from ordinary. On Feb. 12, the pair were announced as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of Lynbrook High School’s class of 2021.
Group's Facebook raffles raise $85K for Lynbrook businesses
In recent months, Bryan and Lisa Lanzello and Mike and Kerrie Habert have had Lynbrook residents buzzing on social media with their Facebook raffles, which have grown in popularity and raised more than $80,000 for local businesses.
Lynbrook grants woman’s dying wish
GoFundMe helps send Taiwan native home
After his mother, Hsien-Ying Yeh, received a grim diagnosis of cervical cancer, Irving Chou’s lone goal became to fulfill her dying wish: to return her to her native Taiwan before she dies.
Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents react to Cuomo announcing state will study municipal water
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Feb. 3 that the state Department of Public Service will look into the feasibility of municipalizing New York American Water, the privately owned utility whose service and water bills have long been decried by Nassau County customers.
Lynbrook historical odds & ends: A $550 Chevrolet in Lynbrook
In 1916, Lynbrook’s New Era newspaper advertised a nifty looking, new Chevrolet at Albert F. Janecek’s auto dealership on Merrick Road.
Lynbrook Fire Department saves man from burning home
Lynbrook firefighters saved a man from his burning basement on Feb. 21.
East Rockaway's Builders Club spreads love to senior citizens
Staying connected during Covid-19 has been tough, but East Rockaway’s Builders Club contacted nursing homes just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Lynbrook to host contested village election on March 16
Three candidates will vie for two trustee seats and two others will vie for village justice in the Lynbrook village election on March 16.
Lynbrook schools celebrate a very ‘Hamilton’ Human Relations Day
Nothing — not even a pandemic — was going to stop teacher Mary Kirby and her band of 60 highly determined students from hosting Lynbrook High School’s annual Human Relations Day.
Op-Ed
So now that you’re vaccinated . . .
I applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19.
Op-Ed
How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?
I was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store.
Randi Kreiss
A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake
I admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys.