Five candidates are running for a seats on the Lynbrook Board of Education. Three of those candidates are challenging two incumbents who hope to keep their positions on the board. Voting is on Tues., May 17 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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5/4/16
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The Lynbrook High School cafeteria was packed to near capacity on April 19 for a Board of Education meeting, with residents and students having come to discuss last month’s defeated $45 million bond referendum, and what the rejection means for the effort to improve the high school’s outdated facilities.
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By Nick Ciccone
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4/27/16
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In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent.
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1/21/16
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The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part.
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12/3/15
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The Lynbrook Board of Education approved a veterans’ tax exemption last week, putting an end to a lengthy and sometimes heated yearlong dispute between local veterans and school officials.
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By Nick Ciccone
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11/25/15
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The results in the Lynbrook school election are in, and the Lynbrook Board of Education will see two newcomers, as Lesli Deninno, David Yaker, and current board president Robert Paskoff were elected …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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5/19/15
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A half dozen veterans let their voices be heard at Lynbrook's Meet the Candidates Night on Monday, as they asked candidates to explain their thoughts on the veterans' tax exemption, which the …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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5/6/15
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Since April is National Volunteer Month, let’s consider what volunteering really is: a vital part of every community . . .
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4/16/15
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Tis the season of tax levies, enrollment projections and capital reserve funds. It’s school budget time . . .
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2/25/15
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For outside organizations and private schools looking to use some of the Lynbrook School’s fields, they will have to come up with a few more dollars.
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By T.J. Brennan
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7/16/14
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