Brendan Carpenter

New York

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Editor at Long Beach Herald

Editor at LIHerald.com

Editor #LIHerald // Editor @TalkPrimeTime // Previously @EmpireSportsMed // @UConnJournalism

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Articles

LaPenna family settles with two in wrongful death lawsuit

1 week ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Lazar LaPenna was playing in a little league baseball game on April 29, 2022, two days after his 10th birthday, when he collapsed after getting a base hit. LaPenna was diagnosed with epilepsy at a young age, and he was believed to be having a seizure that day. An ambulance was called, but he died a short time later.
Long Beach City Council approves extension for union workers

2 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

The Long Beach City Council unanimously voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement extension between the city and the Civil Service Employees Association at its June 3 meeting. The previous agreement extension, which was made in 2017, expires on June 30. The approval extends the agreement by eight years, to 2033, and comes with annual salary increases for employees. The CSEA encompasses a wide range of 215 public employees in the state, including education, sanitation, and more.
This Long Beach man celebrated decade of making his mark in fashion

2 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

It’s been quite an interesting and unique journey for Chris Banks to say the least. Over a decade ago, he didn’t really know what exactly he wanted to do with his life, trying to find his calling and not knowing where to go. Then, in 2015, he figured it out: he wanted to become a fashion designer. That same year, he held his first fashion show at the Long Beach Public Library. Banks was back at the library on June 7, celebrating his 10 years in fashion with a new, free show.
Long Beach Latino Civic Association, schools partner to plant seedlings

2 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Long Beach Middle School recently partnered with the Long Beach Latino Civic Association on a unique Seedling Project, funded by a grant from the New York State. “The seedling project is very sweet,” Helen Dorado-Alessi, director of the association, said.
Long Beach's Robert Levy has had a lifelong career in music

3 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Robert Levy’s life has been shaped by music — playing it, listening to it, writing it, and, above all, loving it. Levy, 82, now of Long Beach, grew up in Freeport, playing trumpet in the Freeport High School band. After graduating in 1961, he spent a year at Valley Forge Military College in Pennsylvania, majoring in business. Realizing that wasn’t for him, he transferred to Ithaca College, where he spent the next four years. “That’s really where the fuse was lit, you might say,” Levy said.
This Long Beach Odyssey of the Mind team is now the best in the world

3 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Odyssey of the Mind is a renowned competition that teaches students in grades four through eight how to use their natural creativity to become confident problem-solvers. Students work together in teams to solve unique, open-ended challenges that incorporate science, art, engineering, technology and math. Six teams of Long Beach students recently took part in the New York State Finals in Syracuse, where they competed against more than 240 other teams.
Freeport-born musician Robert Levy leaves legacy of sound and scholarship

3 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Robert Levy’s life has been shaped by music — playing it, listening to it, writing it, and, above all, loving it. Levy, 82, now of Long Beach, grew up in Freeport, playing trumpet in the Freeport High School band. After graduating in 1961, he spent a year at Valley Forge Military College in Pennsylvania, majoring in business. Realizing that wasn’t for him, he transferred to Ithaca College, where he spent the next four years. “That’s really where the fuse was lit, you might say,” Levy said.
This friendship began with a school bus ride

4 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Nearly 20 years ago, 5-year-old Sydney Caven was getting ready to hop on the school bus and head to her first day of kindergarten at East Elementary School in Long Beach. But Sydney wasn’t happy, hysterically crying as she boarded. Her mother, Tina Posterli, was obviously heartbroken. Even today, she remembers that day as if it were yesterday.
Long Beach’s Leo Palacio is now a hall of famer

4 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

Wrestling is one of the biggest sports in Long Beach, and you can’t talk about it without thinking of Leo Palacio. Due to his lifetime of service to the sport and the community, he was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Palacio and his family moved to Long Beach from Medellín, Colombia, in the 1970s.
Long Beach closes beaches following word of several school cut days

4 weeks ago | liherald.com | Brendan Carpenter

The City of Long Beach announced Friday that beaches will be closed all day after the police department received word of numerous planned school cut days. The city was notified on social media that students from multiple school districts had planned to come to Long Beach for the day. The Long Beach Police Department did stop groups from Flushing High School, New Hyde Park High School, and a high school in Manhattan on the boardwalk from trying to enter the beaches.

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