It’s a truism of politics: In times of economic collapse, hard-liners seek scapegoats to blame rather than bipartisan solutions to offer hope. more

Jesse Klirsfeld, a ninth-grader at Long Beach High School, aced his trumpet audition for the Nassau-Suffolk Wind Ensemble and will perform at the Tilles Center at C.W. Post on Jan. 31. The … more

Long Beach High School seniors Alyssa Blumenthal and Lee Rynecki qualified to perform in the 2009 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) All-State Winter Conference this week at the Eastman … more

In the past few years, Long Beach High School has gone through many changes in order to reduce health risks for students. In cutting down on fattening foods on the lunch menu, taking away snack … more

Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at the middle school at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8.PTA meetingsSEPTA Rap Session: Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. @ Public LibraryEast PTA Meeting: … more

Local fans of American playwright Neil Simon were treated to a trip down memory lane as the Long Beach High School Drama Department revived one of his old classics, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, … more

Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. more

Sophomore Gavin Enright and his classmates at Long Beach High School often find themselves bored. To combat staring at ceilings, Gavin, 15, is proposing that the district sponsor a monthly teen … more

As it turns out, we have a new Nassau County executive. Democrat Thomas Suozzi conceded defeat to Republican challenger Ed Mangano last week. Suozzi lost by a mere 386 votes. more

Talk about timeliness. Last week's column, "Responding to a Trio of Tragedies," was followed by three more incidents this week: a principal held hostage, resulting in his school going into lockdown; a 13-year-old boy committing suicide in the Bronx; and a report that two-thirds of all middle school students say they have been bullied. In each case, there was no outlet for rage. It is incumbent on us to prevent anger from escalating to that point. This week, I will examine a number of the anti-bullying programs that are proliferating in the schools, from the elementary to even the college levels. more