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Empire Wind brings clean energy clinics to Oceanside

Empire Wind brings clean energy clinics to Oceanside

LIHerald.com — Empire Wind 2, a joint offshore wind venture between Equinor and bp, partnered recently with the National Supplier Diversity Institute and This is Long Island to bring Sports Power Clean Energy …

How is this East Rockaway store making waves?

How is this East Rockaway store making waves?

Lynbrook - East Rockaway Herald — Wakes & Waves coastal Long Island lifestyle apparel and accessories continue its expansion since its inception in 2019 as the once "Out There Apparel." Wakes & Waves has moved from one ...

Oceanside mourns Ava Salonia, who lost battle against leukemia

Oceanside mourns Ava Salonia, who lost battle against leukemia

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — The Oceanside community is mourning the death of Oceanside High School sophomore Ava Salonia, who lost a hard-fought battle against cancer on Aug. 17. The 16-year-old was diagnosed with acute ...

Garbage truck catches fire in Oceanside

Garbage truck catches fire in Oceanside

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Oceanside Fire Department received a call for a garbage truck fire at 3550 Hampton Road on August 31 at 6:56 a.m. The units responded and the fire was extinguished. Hampton Road was closed for 45 ...

Photos: Island Park enjoys fun, food at Greek festival!

Photos: Island Park enjoys fun, food at Greek festival!

LIHerald.com — Dozens of people sang and enjoyed Greek cuisine as the Greek Orthodox Panaghia Church in Island Park hosted its annual Greek Food and Music Festival. The festival ran from Aug. 17 to 21 providing ...

Friedberg JCC trainer Mark Sebesta uses faith, fitness to help those with special needs

Friedberg JCC trainer Mark Sebesta uses faith, fitness to help those with special needs

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Mark Sebesta, a personal trainer and exercise specialist at the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside, has dedicated most of his life to three things: fitness, faith and helping others. Sebesta, 53, works ...

Oceanside's Jake Christel completes 'The Beast', heads to West Point

Oceanside's Jake Christel completes 'The Beast', heads to West Point

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Oceanside graduate Jake Christel spent this summer doing a lot of marching, repelling down a mountain, learning to throw hand grenades, and breathing in nonlethal tear gas. All a part of his six ...

Oceanside's 'Anthem Girl' Ali Berke looks to make MLB history

Oceanside's 'Anthem Girl' Ali Berke looks to make MLB history

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Oceanside High School alumna Ali Berke is determined to enter the Major League Baseball record books. The 22-year-old pop singer has her heart set on performing the national anthem at all 30 MLB …

Island Park Kiwanis Club raise over $2,000 from annual lobster bake fundraiser

Island Park Kiwanis Club raise over $2,000 from annual lobster bake fundraiser

Valley Stream Herald (NY) — The Island Park Kiwanis Club hosted its annual lobster and steak dinner at Masone Beach Aug 4. The dinner serves as a fundraiser for the club, Island Park Kiwanis. All told, between $2,600 and $2,800 ...

Oceanside High School real estate class getting some high interest

Oceanside High School real estate class getting some high interest

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Oceanside students are getting an early start on what it takes to buy a home. The course College Introduction to real estate is a full-year class for junior and senior High School students who are ...

The curious case of Oceanside High School students new book

The curious case of Oceanside High School students new book

Oceanside Herald — Oceanside High School senior Ariella Rukhlin is taking her curiosity to new heights. After launching a podcast last year, "Chit-Chatting and Questioning the World," which incorporated her ...

See The Hambones perform Aug. 22 at Island Park Library

See The Hambones perform Aug. 22 at Island Park Library

LIHerald.com — The Hambones - a versatile band that plays anything from classic rock to traditional country - will treat the community to a night of song hits during Island Park Public Library's outdoor ...

Come box with Steve Solomon in Oceanside

Come box with Steve Solomon in Oceanside

Oceanside Herald — The boxing program at the Friedberg JCC is the undisputed heavyweight champion in Oceanside, and has taken off during the past year under the leadership of North Merrick resident Steve Solomon.

Photos: Zach Allen inaugural Softball Classic raised $16,000

Photos: Zach Allen inaugural Softball Classic raised $16,000

LIHerald.com — The Zachary Allen Classic Memorial softball tournament was a home run after raising $16,000 in its inaugural year. The July 8 tournament in Oceanside Park was organized to memorialize Zachary ...

Residents biggest concerns about Equinor's Offshore wind project

Residents biggest concerns about Equinor's Offshore wind project

LIHerald.com — Residents expressed their concerns about Equinor's $3 billion Empire Wind Project at informational sessions held last week in Atlantic Beach and Island Park. Empire Wind, is currently in the ...

This first time ever award won by an Oceanside resident

This first time ever award won by an Oceanside resident

LIHerald.com — Oceanside resident Jonah Allaben learned that it paid big dividends to be considered "a leading practitioner of energy efficiency in the tri-state area." The description has earned Allaben the ...

Oceanside pro wrestler raises money for fallen hero by taking cancer to the mat in Baldwin

Oceanside pro wrestler raises money for fallen hero by taking cancer to the mat in Baldwin

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — Arm bars, suplexes and figure-four leg locks were on full display at the Michael Fischer Memorial Fundraiser, a professional wrestling event at American Legion Post 246 in Baldwin last Saturday.

Glen Cove High School graduate to serve as principal in his hometown

Glen Cove High School graduate to serve as principal in his hometown

LIHerald.com — When Allen Hudson graduated from Glen Cove High School in 1991, he had a conversation with his friends that would serve to foreshadow his future. Back then he told them, "I'll be back." …

Oceanside softball tourney remembers Zachary Allen

Oceanside softball tourney remembers Zachary Allen

LIHerald.com — Oceanside resident Zachary Allen was 23 when he died in a car crash on June 15, 2022. A year after his death, his friends plan to honor him at the Zachary Allen Classic Memorial Softball Tournament ...

See who was at the Kravit Jewelers grand opening in Oceanside

See who was at the Kravit Jewelers grand opening in Oceanside

LIHerald.com — The red carpets and luxury cars were out as Kravit Jewelers held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of their new location at 3151 Long Beach Road in Oceanside. The company is known for ...

Standing up against smoking in Hewlett

Standing up against smoking in Hewlett

LIHerald.com — Hewlett High School students and alumni are acting against smoking and lung disease. Graduating senior Brandon Salazar, 17, and rising seniors Daniel Tkach, 16, and Ryan Weinman, 16, joined the New York chapter of For Future Lungs, the parent organization that seeks to promote the risks associated with smoking and tobacco use for teens and promote events dedicated to discussing the risks of tobacco.

Why unity defined Oceanside High School class of 2023?

Why unity defined Oceanside High School class of 2023?

Oceanside - Island Park Herald — The threat of rain did not put a damper on the Oceanside High School graduation ceremony on Friday, June 23, as the Class of 2023 received diplomas and spread the message of unity outdoors on the ...

North Carolina man convicted of murder in 2021 Hempstead shooting

North Carolina man convicted of murder in 2021 Hempstead shooting

LIHerald.com — A North Carolina man was convicted on June 28 for murdering a 40-year-old man in Hempstead outside of his home in January 2021.

Talk of removing book from the school library leads to a tense board meeting at Wantagh High Scho...

Talk of removing book from the school library leads to a tense board meeting at Wantagh High Scho...

Wantagh Herald — Parents have demanded that a controversial book hitting on themes of sexual orientation and suicide be removed from the Wantagh High School library.
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