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Residents in the East Rockaway School District said “yes” the second time around with a resounding 990 to 548 in a vote held at the high school on Tuesday. more

Mary Malloy | 6/16/10

Calhoun Coach Joe Corea, second from right, led the Colts baseball team to its second Nassau County Class AA Championship in eight years. He is pictured during a recent playoff game against Carey High School.

'Gentleman Joe' does it again

Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972. more

Scott Brinton | 6/9/10

Kristin Ochtera and Patti Nicoletti are the newcomers on the East Rockaway school board.

East Rockaway voters say no to school budget

Voters turned down the proposed East Rockaway School District budget with a vote of 624-597. Propositions 2 and 3, however, passed with votes of 623-462 and 598-473 respectively."This is the … more

Mary Malloy | 5/18/10

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10

Heroin, a slave master that kills

Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria. more

4/23/10

Three people have put their names in for two seats on the East Rockaway School board.

Who are the East Rockaway and Lynbrook school board candidates?

Three people will be vying for two seats on the East Rockaway Board of Education that will be voted on in May. The seats will be vacated by longtime board members Vicki Alspector and Marie Girace, both of whom have chosen not to serve again next year. more

Mary Malloy | 4/21/10

Bob Sympson has devoted much of his time to educating residents about trees.

Bob Sympson: A real tree hugger

Robert L. (Bob) Sympson is a tree hugger in every sense of the word. He is an untiring advocate of trees, planting them, studying them, educating the community about them. It’s no wonder that he has been named the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s 2010 Lawrence Enersen Award for his lifelong conservation efforts. more

Mary Malloy | 4/21/10

The student team consisted of, from left, Kathleen Peknic, Peter Wilson and Andrew Schwarzman. Also pictured are Enterprise teacher Michelle Healy and Michelle Gevirtz, the Trivia Challenge Coordinator for UCPN).

Nothing trivial for Enterprise team

The East Rockaway School district’s Enterprise team of 4th graders won Trivia Challenge at UCPN in February. more

4/14/10

Deputy Mayor Richard Meagher, right, listened as East Rockaway High School principal Bill Fortgang spoke during a youth forum in January.

East Rockaway's Coalition for Youth starts up

Deputy Mayor Richard Meagher has invited the public to attend a meeting on April 29 to help launch a new village organization, Coalition for Youths in East Rockaway. Meagher said he hopes the community-wide effort will help to educate parents and their children about the dangers of substance abuse and offer healthy, village-sponsored activities and programs for young people. more

Mary Malloy | 4/1/10

Schools need reserve-fund flexibility

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million. more

2/25/10

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