Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:00

On Tuesday, May 15, the 2012-2013 Great Neck Public Schools budget passed 1098 to 305.

The 2012-2013 Great Neck Library budget passed 949 to 366.

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

Mark Schimel withdraws his candidacy days after his initial acceptance announcement

Just days after announcing his nomination as the Republican candidate for New York State’s 16th Assembly District, Mark Schimel withdrew his candidacy. A flurry of controversy surrounded this upcoming election as Mr. Schimel’s nomination meant that he would challenge his estranged wife, Michelle Schimel, the Democratic incumbent.

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

It was another beautiful day for baseball, and the St. Aloysius seventh grade CYO baseball team was ready to rebound from the previous day’s loss to St. Dominics. St. Als broke out early, executing a series of “small ball” moments to take the early lead, and they never looked back en route to a 7-2 seven-inning victory over St. Patrick, putting them back over the .500 mark with a 3-2 at the halfway point of the season.

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

Jed Berman, longtime Kensington resident, just completed his eighth marathon on May 6. The 26.2-mile event was run simultaneously with a half marathon and a 10K race. Over 7,000 runners started the combined races together but only some 700 finished the full marathon this year. Jed is very proud to have finished the race comfortably under four hours. He ran in memory of his father Norman Berman, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, and also in memory of his late father-in-law Meyer Hershkop, who survived Auschwitz and Birkenau, but died during heart surgery just a few years ago. Usually Berman runs to raise money for pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. This year he will plant trees in Israel in honor of both men.