Residents voted a healthy 657-373 to pass the their East Rockaway School District's 2013-1`4 budget - one that fell below the maximum allowable tax levy increase, 3.43 percent, without cutting any … more

It was far from a typical year for the East Rockaway School District. Students and staff were displaced from their schools for six months, and staff and administrators had to deal with $10 million … more

Those Lynbrook residents who are fond of gallery hopping were able to make a night of it when Lynbrook North and South middle schools both hosted art shows on April 23. The normally utilitarian … more

The League of Women Voters, and non-partisan, non-political group, acted as moderates for the East Rockaway School District’s Meet the Candidates Night held on April 31 in the newly renovated … more

A position on the school board is no easy task, comes with a major year-round commitment and sometimes decisions made can draw criticism from the community. But a spot on the board also gives … more

The Long Island Game Farm has announced that Rhame Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway will receive a visit from Nature Nick for winning the Game Farm’s new Facebook Essay Contest. On May … more

Six months to the day after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy, more than 600 East Rockaway Junior/Senior High School students returned to their own digs on Ocean Avenue, amid “Welcome Home” … more

An idea that started with resident MaryKate Lynch turned into reality last Friday as the entire East Rockaway High School student body assembled for some fun in the sun at the Bay Park Pavillion for … more

The entire fifth-grade class rolled up their sleeves to help the student council at Lynbrook’s Waverly Park School organize the annual Little Doctors Blood Drive. Students prepared for weeks, … more

It’s not often that a child from a small town like East Rockaway gets to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall — and it’s even less common when it is a sister and a brother on the same … more