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Dillon Razler, left, and Patrick Morris were named the Class of 2018’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

Long Beach High School will be hold its 95th annual commencement ceremony at 5 p.m. on Friday at the Long Beach Middle School on Veteran’s Memorial Field. The school announced in November that … more

By Elizabeth Thompson | 6/21/18

Stop politicizing the fight against MS-13

Bodies started turning up in South Shore parks and woodlands in the past year and a half: teenagers hacked to death with machetes or shot in the face by members of the ruthless El Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. more

6/14/18

Student activists rallied for stricter gun-control legislation on Saturday outside City Hall in Long Beach.

Long Beach rallies against gun violence

“We should be able to go to school to learn and not worry about school shooters,” said Long Beach High School junior class President Fiona Eramo told the crowd on Saturday. About 500 people … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/26/18

Let’s hear the kids out on gun control

On the same day that a million young people walked out of school to protest gun violence and remember the 17 students and teachers killed in Parkland, Fla., the National Rifle Association tweeted a photo of an AR-15 . . . more

3/22/18

Teachers carrying guns? Not here.

In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more

3/16/18

Baldwin students remember Parkland shooting victims,protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton and Daine Taylor | 3/16/18

About 400 students, rallied by junior Madison Gusler, sat in the football field bleachers for 17 minutes in silence on Wednesday to honor the 17 victims of the Parkland, Fla., shooting.

Students walk in national protest

Long Beach High School students were among the thousands of teenagers who walked out of their schools on March 14 as part of a national movement to honor the victims of the school shooting at Marjory … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/14/18

Glen Cove High School students walked out of their building to honor the lives lost in the Parkland Florida shooting a month ago. The walkout appears to mark a change of plans, as the district had repeatedly stated that a walkout posed a security risk.

Glen Cove students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out after plans to stay in

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton, Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 3/14/18

North Shore High School students flooded the outer perimeter of the school today to participate in the National School Walkout event.

North Shore students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/18

Wantagh High School students expressed their solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Wednesday's walkout. The event was part of a national walkout that took place at 10 a.m.

Nassau students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/13/18