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One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/21/15
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Parents went back to school on Nov. 20, when North Merrick School District educators led an evening of discussion about the Common Core State Standards’ mathematics curricula titled “Parents University.” It was the first of three or four such seminars that the district plans to hold this school year.
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12/10/14
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New York is working to shore up Irene-, Lee- and Sandy-damaged communities against future catastrophic storms, but the effort will take time, said officials at the state and local levels of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program.
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10/29/14
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Two of my favorite pastimes are reading and eating, and, after years of trial and error, I have discovered the happy coincidence that I can do both at the same time.
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7/2/14
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The North Merrick School District announced in March that each of its schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road — had qualified for a $75,000 “Reward School Dissemination Grant” from the state Education Department due to their students’ high performance on state assessment tests in 2011 and 2012.
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By Brian Racow
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4/17/14
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On March 18, many Long Island villages conducted local elections to fill the positions of mayor, trustee and other municipal posts. Democracy prevailed, even on the smallest scale.
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4/3/14
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Sports fans across the globe will soon turn their eyes to Sochi, Russia, where the XXII Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 7 to 23.
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1/30/14
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The death last week of former South African President Nelson Mandela sparked a worldwide outpouring of sorrow, respect and remembrance of a man many considered one of history’s great heroes — a …
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By Brian Racow and Emily Webb
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12/11/13
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The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished.
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10/3/13
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There’s still time to enjoy what’s left of the season and revel in that fleeting late August glow that Mother Nature provides. Our local parks are just the place to unwind and enjoy this time of year.
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By Karen Bloom
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8/28/13
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