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A year ago, 23-year-old William May lost his job managing a welding supply company in Westbury. So, the young father decided to join his wife, Kara, 21, as a student at Nassau Community College in Garden City.
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Scott Brinton
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2/16/10
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The Island Park Theatre Group, in concert with The Island Park Schools Recreation Department, will proudly present "On Broadway - A Musical Revue!" featuring local talent of all ages from all communities. Come and experience Broadway-style singing and dancing at a fraction of the cost -- and ten times the fun!
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Mary Malloy
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2/14/10
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Administrative leaders and Board of Education trustees took a red pen to early budget plans at a district-wide meeting Feb. 2 in the hope of finding a way to reconcile cuts of more than $3 million in state school aid for the coming year.
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by Matthew Hampton
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2/10/10
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As the reality of the likely state school-aid numbers starts to set in, local leaders and school administrators are worried about what the future holds if the financial situation gets much worse for education funding.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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Franklin Square native and astronaut Mike Massimino, one of a crew of specialists who were launched into space last year to repair the Hubble Space Observatory, stepped into his former school on Jan. 29 to give kids an up-close look at outer space.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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Local schools already reeling after last year’s reduction in school aid were hit with the news last week that Gov. David Paterson plans deep cuts across the board for the 2010-11 year.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/27/10
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Last week I presented the first installment of an interview with John Halligan, a father whose son was a victim of school bullying and committed suicide. The interview is a natural outgrowth of a recent mini-series that ran in the Principal's Office about bullying and anti-bullying programs.
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Steve Kussin
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1/22/10
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School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black.
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1/21/10
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Gov. David Paterson’s state of the state speech last week has been run through the political ringer since its delivery on Tuesday, Jan 5, and it found few fans in Elmont and Franklin Square.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/14/10
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