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The Lawrence School District could finalize a sale of the Number Six School to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach if Monday’s referendum is approved.

The Lawrence School District is in the process of selling the Number Six School for the second time in two years. A public vote on the sale is set for Monday. If it is approved, this would be the third sale of a district building since 1980. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/26/14

Women and the role they played in L.I.'s history

In observance of Women’s History Month, we thought it fitting to highlight some notable women who were instrumental in shaping present-day Long Island. more

3/20/14

Sacred Heart students Mia Campbell, far left, Sarah Tanchuck, Nicole Cody, Samantha Levano, Cassidy Pinder and Olayemi Akingboye, who gathered at the Not On Our Turf summit at St. Mary Louis Academy in Queens last November, will hold a candlelight vigil for female victims of human trafficking later this month. Kayla Walczyk was not pictured.

Lighting the way for women’s empowerment

With Women’s History Month coming to a close, seven young women at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls’ high school in Hempstead, were looking to write their own chapter as they prepared … more

By Emily Webb | 3/18/14

Free dental and medical care was provided during Hewlett-based East Coast Endodontics Volunteer Day. Christine Surita assisted Dr. Evan Chugerman with treatment of a patient.

Hewlett dental practice takes part in Volunteer Day [Photo gallery]

East Coast Endodontics, a Hewlett-based dental practice, had its staff, including doctors Michael Feldman, Even Chugerman and Patrick Ng-a-fook, performed more than 25 free root canals and provided medical treatment during the eighth annual Volunteer Day held in conjunction with the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals on March 8. more

3/12/14

The Number Six School building, closed since 2009, could be a school again should the March 31 referendum pass permitting HALB to buy the property.

Benefits could accompany HALB purchase of the Number Six School

Should the sale of the Number Six School in Woodmere pass the March 31 public referendum, the families with children who will be attending the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach at the Church Avenue building will realize a convenience boon. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/12/14

Time to look at redistricting reform

Redistricting is most likely something Nassau County residents don’t want to think about again for another decade, especially after last year’s long and contentious process to redraw the county’s 19 legislative districts. more

2/14/14

An abandoned house on Scaneateles Avenue in Lakeview — which was deemed “unfit for human occupancy” because of its overgrown shrubbery, mildew, animal feces and broken pipes — was where homeless teen Michael Ivey hid out before he was arrested on burglary charges.

The young and the homeless

Curled up in a blanket against the arm of a wood-frame couch on which she wriggles to get comfortable, Nia, an 18-year-old resident of Family and Children’s Walkabout for Young Men and Women, a long-term transitional house in Freeport that shelters homeless teenagers and helps them to become self-sufficient, described her daily routine. more

By Emily Webb | 2/11/14

The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach is in negotiations with the Lawrence School District to purchase the vacant Number Six School in Woodmere. The sale would be subject to a public referendum.

Hebrew Academy of Long Beach negotiating to buy Number Six School

The Lawrence School District Board of Education voted at Monday’s meeting to sell the vacant Number Six School to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, pending ongoing negotiations for what trustees said would add millions in value to the potential transaction. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/5/14

Members of the Nassau United Redistricting Coalition demonstrated on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive Building on Jan. 27.

Coalition pushes redistricting reform

A coalition of nonpartisan groups last week called on the Nassau County Legislature to overhaul its redistricting process, which occurs every decade following the release of census data to account for population shifts. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 2/4/14

HALB and a Queens Yeshiva are bidding to buy the No. 6 School. The school board will make a final decision that is subject to a vote by district residents.

Selling the Number Six School, again

According to Lawrence School District sources, the two remaining bidders for the vacant Number Six School are the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach and a yeshiva in Queens. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/2/14

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