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Sitting Lawrence Board of Education Trustee Dr. David Sussman is being challenged by Asher Matathias. Residents can vote on May 17.

On Tuesday district residents in the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence schools districts can go to their respective polling places to vote on the proposed budgets, trustees and one proposition. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/11/16

Lawrence School District officials plan to lease out space in the Number Two Schools for its new Close-To-Home program.

Lawrence proposes $99.1 million budget

Officials didn’t check the history, they said, but the preliminary Lawrence School District budget of $99.1 million unveiled at Monday’s Board of Education meeting at the middle school could be considered a record-low with an increase of .59 percent or $580,000 above the current $98.5 spending plan. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/16/16

It’s time to restore full state aid to schools

In his State of the State address on Jan. 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment that school districts across the state have been subject to by 2017-18. That’s a major step in the right direction, but . . . more

1/21/16

Herald staffers took a break from their routine to kayak the Meadow Brook to Merrick Bay in Merrick last Friday. From left were Editor Brian Croce, Senior Editor Scott Brinton, reporter Vanessa Parker, intern Ryan Pane and Editor David Weingrad.

Herald staffers paddle the Meadow Brook

A group of Herald Community Newspapers editors, reporters and interns took a kayak tour on Nassau County’s wild side, at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, on July 24. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/28/15

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15

State should extend the tax cap

New York state’s tax cap on school districts and local municipalities is set to expire next year, but the State Legislature could, before this year’s session ends later this month, vote to extend it. We would like to see . . . more

6/4/15

Cedarhurst village officials adopted a $5.54 million budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year on April 30.

Cedarhurst adopts $5.54M budget

The Village of Cedarhurst unanimously approved its 2015-16 tentative budget of $5.54 million on April 30. Spending will increase approximately $120,000 over the current fiscal plan of $5.42 million. more

By Vanessa Parker | 5/20/15

Vote ‘yes’ on Hewlett-Woodmere budget

The proposed Hewlett-Woodmere School District budget is $113.6 million, and includes the smallest increase — $1.67 million — in 12 years and the smallest tax levy increase — 1.4 percent — in district history. more

5/13/15

Voting on the budget and for Board of Educations trustees in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District takes place at the Woodmere Education Center, above, on May 19.

Hewlett-Woodmere adopts $113.6 million operating budget

The Hewlett-Woodmere School District adopted a $113.6 million budget on April 15 for the 2015-16 school year, which is an increase of 1.49 percent, or $1.67 million, over the current spending plan. Seven new programs and additional support for private-school special education are part of the budget. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/29/15

The levayah, a funeral procession, which followed the hearse from the church and nearby Kulanu, down Central Avenue to the Levi Yitzchak Library.

‘He was Cedarhurst in so many ways’

Hundreds of local dignitaries, residents, friends and relatives attended the funeral mass at St. Joachim’s R.C. Church in Cedarhurst on Friday to pay their respects to lifelong Five Towns resident Andrew J. Parise who died on Feb. 8 at 90. more

By Vanessa Parker | 2/18/15

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