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For 2015: eyes wide open, devices down and dark

When you went to your grandson’s Christmas pageant two weeks ago, did you actually see his performance, or were you too busy recording it for posterity on your iPhone? more

1/8/15

Yes, I loved school-zone speed cameras

I couldn’t have been the only one who loved Nassau County’s ill-fated school-zone speed cameras. more

1/8/15

In 2015, we should rise up against taxpayer injustice

As we ring in the New Year, let’s reflect on the important issues and challenges our state and county faced in 2014. I believe 2015 will be a good year . . . more

12/24/14

Speed-camera fiasco: born of desperation

When the new school-zone speed cameras program was implemented, it was estimated that it would bring in $30 million. County Executive Ed Mangano wanted it . . . more

12/18/14

School speed cameras, like this one in East Meadow, have been a huge source of controversy since their September implementation by Nassau County. This week, lawmakers called to repeal the speed camera program.

Legislators move to nix speed cameras

Nassau County lawmakers will propose legislation calling for the removal of school speed zone cameras, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves said, days after County Executive Ed Mangano drastically shortened the hours in which the cameras are in effect more

By David Weingrad | 12/10/14

A camera, attached atop a van parked on Merrick Avenue outside Fayette School in North Merrick, watched for speeding motorists.

North Merrick gets second speed-zone camera

Fayette School has joined the list of community schools outside which motorists must slow down or else risk a speeding ticket. more

By Brian Racow | 10/1/14

Give our children a brake

It’s a message we emphasize every year, because it is so important: School is back in session, so it’s time for drivers to slow down. more

9/3/14

The North Merrick School District is planning a “beautification project” to spruce up the exterior of the Fayette School. Norma Gonsalves, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, obtained $25,000 in county tax dollars for the project.

Local politicians allocate grants to North Merrick schools

The North Merrick School District is the recent recipient of several grants that will help it pay for new computers and security upgrades in each of its of three schools as well as an exterior beautification project at Fayette. The grants consist of tax revenue that State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. and Norma Gonsalves, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, allocated for the district. more

By Brian Racow | 7/3/13

Everything looks worse in black and white

By now it’s old news that Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection this year, but the new news is that the company will no longer make cameras. more

2/16/12

Jack McCloy has developed a website (www.redlightrebels.com) that outlines the theory behind his case against red-light cameras. Above, he offers a mathematical formula suggesting that the length of yellow lights is insufficient to allow drivers to make a safe stop.

Stop lights

Jack McCloy of Baldwin was driving in Queens when a close call at a red light generated some unintended correspondence New Yorkers are becoming all too familiar with: a $50 red-light camera ticket. more

Chris Connolly | 3/31/11

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