Karen Brohm, president of the West Hempstead School District Board of Education, was among the guest speakers on a podcast last month presented by Learning Revolution, a worldwide community exploring …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/14/21
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Voters in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties recently casted votes to elect or re-elect water commissioners in all Long Island commissioner-run water districts. Cathedral Gardens Water District …
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1/14/21
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Rabbi Yehuda Kelemer, spiritual leader of the Young Israel of West Hempstead, died on Friday at the age of 74.
The cause was not disclosed.
Kelemer studied at Mir Yerushalayim in Brooklyn, and …
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By Nakeem Grant and Ed Weintrob
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1/10/21
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A lifelong devotee of theater, film and ballet, Malvernite Charles Messinger shared that passion with hundreds of students during nearly three decades as Malverne High School’s musical …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/7/21
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West Hempstead native Jacob Cooper was just 3 years old when he found himself gasping for air and fighting for his life. During a trip to the park with his parents, he was climbing the ladder of a …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/7/21
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Many people who have gotten to know Linda Baldacchino, youth ministry director at Our Lady of Lourdes, in Malverne, would agree that she finds joy in working behind the scenes.
Linda and her …
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By Nakeem Grant
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12/31/20
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For the West Hempstead Community Support Association, keeping up the holiday spirit this year was a bit challenging. The group was forced to cancel its annual Holiday at Halls, a tree-lighting …
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By Nakeem Grant
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12/24/20
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For more than 75 years, the Freeport-Merrick Rotary has lived by one motto: “Service above self.” And although the pandemic has hindered the club’s usual fundraising efforts, …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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12/21/20
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For more than 40 years, the Mothers of Malverne have helped connect local mothers in the village to share the experiences of motherhood. As the coronavirus pandemic has persisted, the MOMs sought to …
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By Nakeem Grant
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12/18/20
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Barnes-Sorrentino Funeral Home owner Frederic Sorrentino said that in the business’s 58-year history in West Hempstead, nothing was quite as “treacherous” as the months of March, …
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By Nakeem Grant
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12/18/20
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