Vote ‘yes’ on the school budget The only thing worse than approving next year’s spending plan would be voting it down. Baldwin’s budget proposal for 2013-14 is a little over $121.5 million … more

Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony Santino will bid goodbye to Baldwin in January when a new council district map goes into effect. The new map, which has inspired considerable debate, was drawn up in … more

LEO BONACASA Bio I am a lifelong resident of Oceanside (OHS’79). My wife Jill and I have four children, three that have benefited from the excellent Oceanside school district and are … more

The Army Corps of Engineers has secured federal funding to conduct a comprehensive coastal protection study of the East Coast that includes Reynolds Channel, in what U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer … more

Each year, the Village of Rockville Centre and the Rockville Centre School District pay millions of taxpayer dollars into public retirement systems, as mandated by New York state. The following … more

A city attorney who was fired 48 hours after he announced his run for Long Beach City Court judge intends to file a $1 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city. Former Assistant … more

After city officials and residents blasted the Long Island Power Authority for telling homeowners that they would be responsible for paying thousands of dollars to install new electrical poles to … more

Nassau County will use funds from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to help prevent a property-tax hike that a number of county residents would have faced because of Hurricane Sandy, according to New York state’s grant proposal and state and county spokespeople. more

For the second time in the six months since Hurricane Sandy devastated Long Beach, the city invited representatives from the nation’s disaster recovery agencies to a forum to address residents’ … more

Some much-anticipated financial relief might be on the way to Long Beach. Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer urged the federal government to approve a Federal Emergency Management Agency … more