“Every little thing, is going to be all right.” That simple message is on hundreds of green bracelets sported by community members in support of Samantha Eisenberg, a 21-year-old East … more

Ross Greenfield, Jamie Zucker, Craig Berman and their colleagues were given two weeks to complete this task: implement an American fast-food country into an overseas country.       … more

Alex Calderon sat and watched attentively as a panel of blind and visually impaired adults talked about their transition from childhood. … more

Did you know it’s possible to take college credits in high school? In today’s society, attending college has become so common that high schools have begun to incorporate programs that … more

East Rockaway High School senior Danny Quadrino, 18, is living his dream as an actor on Broadway. He has made his debut on the Big White Way in the revival of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie." He just filled in for the starring role of "Hugo" in this week's matinee performance. more

Last Thanksgiving, East Meadow’s Kiwanians delivered food baskets to just under 100 families. This year, that number jumped to 115 — a record.Despite that increase, President Jim Mancuso … more

A man emerged from the supermarket with three bags filled with groceries. He handed them over to volunteers from East Meadow Kiwanis. “What did you buy for yourself?” a … 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

Leslie Ratner, and Sarah Shaiman, both from W.T. Clarke High School, have been selected to perform at this year’s NYSSMA Winter Conference with the Nassau-Suffolk Vocal Jazz Ensemble that will … 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