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Senator offering free H1N1 vaccination program

tate Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. is offering a free H1N1 flu vaccination program on Wednesday, Jan. 20, in conjunction with the Nassau Health Care Corporation and Nassau County Department of Health. more

1/15/10

State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center back, visits Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick to thank students and staff for participating in his annual “Extend the Holidays” toy drive.

Senator thanks students for toy drives

Students in the Merrick School district recently teamed up with State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. to help children at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola by taking part in his annual “Extend the Holidays” toy drive. more

12/21/09

At a news conference last week, Lenny Rosado, left, joined by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center, and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, warned would-be drunk drivers that "the party's over" with Leandra's Law now in effect. The law was named for Leandra Rosado, Lenny's daughter, who died in an accident with a drunken driver last summer. Under the new statute, anyone who drives drunk with a child in the vehicle can be charged with a felony.

Leandra's Law takes effect

State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach, and Lenny Rosado were joined at a news conference last week by state and local officials to remind Long Islanders that Leandra's Law took effect on Friday, making drunken driving with a child a felony offense in New York. more

Sari Zeidler | 12/21/09

Senator: STAR applications due

State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. is reminding all Nassau County residents that the deadline to apply for New York State's School Tax Relief (STAR) program is Jan. 4, 2010. more

12/15/09

Students in the North Merrick School District are having a blast learning with SMART Boards.

It's a SMART world in N. Merrick schools

It's a safe bet that any dust settling on the blackboard in Lisa Drewes's classroom at Fayette Elementary School in North Merrick is a byproduct of abandonment rather than chalk. The fourth-grade room is outfitted with one of 15 SMART Boards in the North Merrick School District, a new tool that teachers are crediting with revolutionizing teaching methods and making conventional blackboards obsolete. "I put my schedule on it every day, aside from that I don't write on my blackboard at all," Drewes said. more

Sari Zeidler | 11/5/09

Gov OKs Wantagh Parkway guardrail

Gov. David Paterson gave the green light for the New York State Department of Transportation to install a guardrail along the Wantagh Parkway bike path at an Oct. 22 meeting with state Sen. Charles Fuschillo, Assemblyman David McDonough, and the family of Matthew Scarpati, who was killed on the path by an allegedly drunk motorcyclist this past summer. The new guardrail will be what DOT spokeswoman Jennifer Post described as a "cable design," which will consist of three metal cables suspended by posts reaching about 33 inches high, spaced roughly 10 feet apart. more

by Sari Zeidler | 10/29/09

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