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Must a girl in STEM be a ‘girl in STEM’?

Every weekday at 10:06 a.m., I walk into my high school engineering class and take a seat among my peers. I spend the period learning the same material as my classmates . . . more

By Ilana Greenberg | 5/19/22

Hello, county Human Rights Commission?

Lucy Pozo fought hard not to let the people sitting in front of her see her cry. The senior at East Rockaway High School stood before the district’s Board of Education . . . more

4/28/22

Senior Bret Michaels exploded for 31 points last Friday but Long Beach came up short at Great Neck North, falling 57-54.

Long Beach in conference title hunt

Long Beach finds itself in a three-team race for a boys’ basketball conference championship entering the final week of the regular season but will need to right itself soon in hopes of claiming … more

By Brian Kacharaba | 1/31/22

Freshman Franky DiCicco had 19 points and 7 rebounds Jan. 8 as Long Beach earned its way into the win column with a 40-20 victory at Great Neck South.

Long Beach maintains playoff hopes

Long Beach closed the first half of the Nassau Conference A-1 girls’ basketball slate on Martin Luther King Day with an important 38-21 victory at Great Neck North despite scoring just 13 … more

By Tony Bellissimo | 1/21/22

Long Beach's Jack Shields, center, worked in traffic during the Marines' 54-41 come-from-behind victory at Mepham on Jan. 6.

Long Beach rallies past Mepham

For the second time in three nights, Long Beach overcame a sluggish first half to secure a Nassau Conference A-1 boys’ basketball victory. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 1/10/22

Bruins prepare to defend title

Coming off a Nassau Class AA boys’ basketball championship in the 2019-2020 campaign, Baldwin played just four games last winter after it was forced to quarantine following a Covid outbreak on … more

1/5/22

Conservative politics could play into school elections

The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. more

By Alan Singer | 12/23/21

Are interscholastic sports really worth the cost?

I was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K . . . more

9/30/21

Oceanside quarterback Charlie McKee won the Thorp Award last season, given to the top player in Nassau County.

Football camps kicked off Aug. 23

Three months and three weeks after Massapequa, Garden City, Manhasset and Wantagh captured Nassau football championships, all 53 programs in the county started preparing for a new season Aug. 23. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 9/10/21

In celebration of teachers

When talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. more

By Robert A. Scott | 9/9/21

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