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Cuts could cost schools millions
Local school districts are scouring their budgets, looking for places where they can save after word came down last week that Gov. David Paterson will likely try to cut school aid mid-year by more than a half billion dollars statewide as part of his $5 billion Deficit Reduction Plan. more
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From ‘American Torture’ to ‘Erasing Iraq’
I’d like to devote my 750 words this week to shamelessly promoting two books by a former colleague and good friend, Michael Otterman. They are “American Torture” (Melbourne University Publishing, 2007) and “Erasing Iraq: The Human Cost of Carnage,” to be published in 2010. more
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homecoming king Michael Dern and Queen Adrianna Calabro make their way onto the field during the North High School Homecoming parade last Saturday.
No rain on this parade [Photo gallery]
Valley Stream North celebrated Homecoming last Saturday with a 20-12 victory over Conference IV rival Locust Valley. more
Samantha Rattner of North High School
Local schools celebrate
Franklin Square and Elmont saw their fair share of parade floats and gleeful teenagers last weekend, as three separate homecomings turned the area into one long parade. H. Frank Carey, Sewanhaka and North high schools held their Homecoming festivities on Saturday, filling the local streets with marching bands and parade floats, not to mention the most all-American of royalty, the Homecoming courts. more
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Amit Persaud and Christine Garcia were Homecoming king and queen.
Sewanhaka celebrates four holidays at once [Photo gallery]
Sewanhaka High School's "Holiday" Homecoming theme was a weekend-long celebration for students of all ages. more
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Park-and-stay?
After the television show “Inside Edition” aired an episode last March underscoring the risks of students driving during school days, officials in the Valley Stream Central High School District began reevaluating its own student-driving policy. more
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Kiana Samuels, 16, left, of Elmont Memorial High School, and her mother ,Jeanette, talked to a college recruiter during the career fair at New Hyde Park Memorial High School on Oct. 1.
College and careers take center stage
Last Thursday night, the Sewanhaka Central High School District helped students put their best foot forward into the future, at the district's annual college and career night. more
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Alan Colmes
A half-century of Hofstra radio
From breaking news updates on 1010 WINS, to traffic reports on Z100, to sports recaps on WCBS 880, to political debates on national television, the alumni of Hofstra University’s radio station can be heard across the metropolitan area and around the country. more
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Late bus cuts still anger parents
A budget cut passed by the Sewanhaka Central High School District back in May still has parents up in arms, and has led to contentious school board meetings and threats of disruption from irate residents. more
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West Hempstead resident Kevin McDermott starred on the track team at Duke University after he was an All-American at Chaminade High School.
Star runner struggles to walk after accident
Kevin McDermott gives the word "determination" a new definition. The Chaminade and Duke alumnus, just 22, suffered a life-changing accident in July, and has shown a tremendous strength of will in his efforts to prevail over his severe injury. Many of his friends are taking action to help. more
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