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Cornwell Avenue School in West Hempstead welcomed students back for the 2020-21 school year on Sept. 3.

West Hempstead kicks off 2020-21 school year

The West Hempstead School District welcomed students back to all five of their schools for the 2020-21 school year on Sept. 3. District Superintendent Dan Rehman and Assistant Superintendents Dina … more

9/17/20

Community groups and residents gathered at Hall’s Pond Park for the West Hempstead Community Support Association’s annual 9/11 memorial on Sept 10.

West Hempstead remembers 9/11 victims at Hall's Pond Park

Residents, local elected officials and community groups gathered around the 9/11 memorial at Hall’s Pond Park in West Hempstead on Sept. 10 for the West Hempstead Community Support … more

By Nakeem Grant | 9/17/20

County Executive Laura Curran, at lectern, was one of several elected officials to attend Malverne’s 9/11 ceremony on Church Street last Friday.

Candlelight 9/11 ceremony in Malverne

The Village of Malverne held their annual candlelit 9/11 ceremony on Church Street last Friday. Families of 9/11 victims, who were joined by local elected officials, held candles throughout the … more

By Nakeem Grant | 9/17/20

Malverne’s village board honored six local women as it recognized the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement on Sept. 2. Patti Ann McDonald, Catherine Hunt and Lorraine Bracher are not pictured.

Recognizing suffrage movement, Malverne honors six women

From former mayors to village trustees, the Village of Malverne honored six women who have served the village board at its Sept. 2 meeting, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the ratification … more

By Nakeem Grant | 9/17/20

Students and staff of Davison Avenue Intermediate School were welcomed back to the first day of school on Sept. 9.

Malverne schools back in session for 2020-21

Students and staff of the Malverne School District were welcomed back to the new school year after six months of building closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With Davison Avenue Intermediate … more

9/17/20

Rabbi Susan Elkodsi, spiritual leader of the Malverne Jewish Center.

Learning how to ‘live our best lives’

There’s a 13th century piyyut (liturgical poem) called “Achot Ketana,” which means, “Little Sister.” Hazzan (Cantor) Abraham Girondi began, “The little sister … more

By Rabbi Susan Elkodsi | 9/17/20

Danielle Santos Atkinson, Hofstra University, Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Herald Inside LI webinar to address delay of high school, college sports

Nassau and Suffolk counties have both opted to postpone high school sports until January of 2021, and many colleges have moved their fall sports to the spring, as well. With sports on pause, student-athletes — especially high school seniors — and parents are left not only disappointed, but also with many lingering questions. more

9/15/20

Susan Hutchins was among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Nassau County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in … more

By Scott Brinton | 9/14/20

Malverne High School temporarily shut down

Schools Superintendent Dr. Lorna Lewis announced on Monday in a letter to parents that the district had to close Malverne High School for the day. Lewis said the district saw a high number of … more

By Nakeem Grant | 9/14/20

Phil Alvarez, brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead's annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Brother of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez stirs crowd at Town of Hempstead memorial

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and also to salute the thousands . . . more

By James Bernstein | 9/11/20

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