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I can’t explain precisely how I determined which college I would attend. The process was more art than science. more

8/6/14

L.I. is desperate for a water-management plan

In July 2012 we called on our government leaders to come up with a management plan for Long Island’s rapidly diminishing — and increasingly polluted –– water supply. more

7/23/14

Living on the Edge in Nassau County

Poverty is hard to define, I learned during a “Covering Suburban Poverty” conference sponsored by the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communications and the Poynter Institute last Sept. 26 and 27. more

By Scott Brinton, Senior Editor | 2/12/14

Honey Boo Boo is a no-no in land of cancan

The very word “French” has its connotations, of cancans and certain kinds of kisses and naughty movies, not to mention postcards. more

9/26/13

Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola earned high grades in the recent U.S. News & World Report hospital study.

Nassau hospitals make ‘best’ list

Four of the twelve hospitals in Nassau County were named this week to the prestigious “New York’s Best Hospitals” list compiled by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The four that made the … more

By Howard Schwach | 7/23/13

In the war against terror, we must sacrifice personal freedoms

Is it spying when the National Security Agency listens to your phone calls and reads your text messages? more

6/20/13

Tales of an eager garbage picker (condoms excepted)

I was standing atop a mound of dried reed grass, piled high inside a circle of scrub brush, plucking up plastic pens and aluminum cans and depositing them in a big black garbage bag, when the ground beneath my feet suddenly gave way. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/4/13

Hofstra University graduate journalism students taking part in the Envirothon included, second row, from left, Amanda Thurshwell, Danielle Puma and Si Huang.

Hofstra journalism students take a hike to learn about science reporting

Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students from Professor Scott Brinton’s Current Issues in Science Reporting class recently participated in and are reporting on an Envirothon that took place in the woodlands around the Meadowbrook Parkway in North Merrick, Roosevelt and Freeport on April 30. Brinton, of Merrick, is a senior editor and op-ed columnist with Herald Community Newspapers. The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce, headed by county Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, organized the event. more

5/11/11

Changing Long Island’s mind — and building codes

The Long Island Index — an independent, non-partisan group that compiles data every year about different aspects of Long Island — has spent the past few years working on analyzing the area’s … more

by Alex Costello | 2/2/11

Cuomo: Local governments are antiquated, inefficient

During his campaign, Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s transition team released a detailed and well-annotated report outlining plans for “Rightsizing Government.” The report’s findings and recommendations reiterate much of what the previous columns in this series have suggested: that New York state’s Public Authorities and agencies have “become too big, too expensive, and too ineffective — an ever proliferating tangle of boards, commissions, councils, departments, divisions, offices, task forces and public authorities, [that] the taxpaying public can no longer afford.“ Amen. more

Hal Peterson | 12/1/10

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