East Rockaway News

Judi Vining, coordinator of the Long Beach Medical Center's Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking, says that the way to combat teenage substance abuse is by fighting it as a community - and that the initial battle starts at home.

According to the results of a statewide youth survey that tracked adolescent substance abuse trends, East Rockaway students have experimented more with smoking and drinking, on average, than those in other parts of the county and state.

"I'm just a regular guy," says Fr. Michael Rieder, who likes to be called "Mike" and was installed as the pastor of St.

Lynbrook East Rockaway editor Mary Malloy, left, took girl scouts Kavita Gera, of East Meadow, and Sydney Darling, of Hempstead, along with GS Marketing Director Donna Rivera-Downey, back right, on a tour of the Herald offices in Garden City last Thursday.

The Rhame Avenue elementary school graduating class of 1963 was taken in the school's old gym on the night of our Hawaiian themed graduation party.

If you're a golfer who can brave the cold, Nassau County has some great golf courses for you despite the winter season.

For the sixth year , the Patrick Xavier Owensa Games will be held at East Rockaway High School on Dec.

The Nassau County Museum of Art presents its Celebrate the Season program on Friday, December 18 from 6 to 8 p.m., and Levittown resident Kevin Covais , famed for his American Idol performances, will be on hand to join a cast of singers and choral groups who will fill the air with music at the museum's lawns right after the 6 p.m. holiday tree ...

Sopranos star and East Rockaway resident Joseph R. Gannascoli will be hosting a book signing for his novel, "A Meal to Die For:A Culinary Novel of Crime" on Saturday, Dec.

As their latest fundraiser to raise money for the children of the East Rockaway school district, the East Rockaway Education Foundation announced that the "Harlem Wizards" basketball team will be bringing their exciting brand of "trick hoopz and alley oops" to the East Rockaway High School gymnasium on Sunday, Nov.

Judge Gary Knobel of First District Court dismissed the charges Thursday after defense attorney Joseph Girardi of North Valley Stream produced a 2001 memo from the county attorney's office that said it was legal to remove signs from county property because they should not have been put there in the first place.

Oceanside Legis. Jeff Toback the election - and the Democrats their legislative majority - it was the consolidation of area sewage into the plant at Bay Park, political observers say.

Tiana Seaman, left, Gianluca Ancona & Jessica Seepersaud with some of the candy they collected to send to the troops.

Gregory Pearsall, 46, of Seawane Road is accused of breaking into the home on Royal Avenue, police said.

Former East Rockaway Mayor Charles Formont died suddenly on October 21. Formont, who served as an East Rockaway Village Trustee from 1987 to 1995, and another two terms as mayor from 1995 to 2003, was a lifelong village resident and a 49-year member of the East Rockaway Fire Department and Rescue Squad.

Three people died on this speedboat after driver George Canni, 65, crashed into a marsh near Seaford on Oct.

NEW YORK, NY October 15, 2009 a 'Could a mathematical formula cause a big leap forward in the job search? The New York State Department of Labor thinks so.

The Health of local waterways is the subject of a lawsuit filed against Nassau County by the Town of Hempstead.

A suspect was arrested about an hour later, and police charged Nicholas Inslee, 28, of 7 Cammerer Ave., East Rockaway , with robbery, assault and resisting arrest.

Centre Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway has been chosen as a "Blue Ribbon" school.