Fran Manas’s Home and Career students at Baldwin Middle School took a multi-cultural eating tour of the Lower East Side last month. They walked and talked and ate their way through the Jewish East … more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

Community Nursery School held its annual Halloween Show on Oct. 30 at First Presbyterian Church. The children sang songs, put on skits, and dressed the part of their favorite characters. more

Baldwin High School hosted its annual Intramural Night event last Saturday. The girls took part in dancing, aerobics, stunts and tumbling. more

When former President Bill Clinton asked to meet with Rahul Prabhakar, who had written an op-ed piece for the student opinion section of Newsday entitled "My Letter to President Clinton," it was only supposed to be a short photo-op. more

I’d like to devote my 750 words this week to shamelessly promoting two books by a former colleague and good friend, Michael Otterman. They are “American Torture” (Melbourne University Publishing, 2007) and “Erasing Iraq: The Human Cost of Carnage,” to be published in 2010. more

From breaking news updates on 1010 WINS, to traffic reports on Z100, to sports recaps on WCBS 880, to political debates on national television, the alumni of Hofstra University’s radio station can be heard across the metropolitan area and around the country. more

Kevin McDermott gives the word "determination" a new definition. The Chaminade and Duke alumnus, just 22, suffered a life-changing accident in July, and has shown a tremendous strength of will in his efforts to prevail over his severe injury. Many of his friends are taking action to help. more

Brookside Elementary School has been named one of just four Long Island schools to receive the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Award, in recognition of its continued success in improving students' performance on the state assessment exams. more

Brookside Elementary School was named one of just four Long Island schools to receive the Blue Ribbon Award, issued by the United States Department of Education, for its continued success in improving students' performance on the New York State assessments. more