Voters approved the Lynbrook school budget proposal with a 1083 to 885 vote.
It's two others propositions also passed.
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Anthony Bottan
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5/18/10
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A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world.
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Scott Brinton
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5/17/10
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The League of Women Voters hosted a Meet the Candidates Night at East Rockaway High School on May 10.
Three candidates, Patti Nicoletti, Kristin Ochtera and Sam Schwarzman are running for three available seats on the school board.
Pat Sympson was the moderator. Thirteen questions were provided by members of the audience and answered by the three candidates. They had time for a three-minute summation at the end of the forum.
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Mary Malloy
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5/12/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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Lynbrook South Middle School students of Lynbrook Studio art teacher Andrea Gray have done more than just raise funds. Through their own imagination and creativity they have created “lamps” that were auctioned off at a silent auction on March 25.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Three people will be vying for two seats on the East Rockaway Board of Education that will be voted on in May. The seats will be vacated by longtime board members Vicki Alspector and Marie Girace, both of whom have chosen not to serve again next year.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Robert L. (Bob) Sympson is a tree hugger in every sense of the word. He is an untiring advocate of trees, planting them, studying them, educating the community about them. It’s no wonder that he has been named the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s 2010 Lawrence Enersen Award for his lifelong conservation efforts.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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Deputy Mayor Richard Meagher has invited the public to attend a meeting on April 29 to help launch a new village organization, Coalition for Youths in East Rockaway. Meagher said he hopes the community-wide effort will help to educate parents and their children about the dangers of substance abuse and offer healthy, village-sponsored activities and programs for young people.
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Mary Malloy
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4/1/10
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million.
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2/25/10
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The East Rockaway School District will be presenting the musical “The Wizard of Oz” on Fri. Feb. 5 at 8 p.m., and on Sat., Feb. 6 at 1:30 and 8 p.m.
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1/28/10
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