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Gov. Kathy Hochul used statistical diagrams to support her decision to end the requirement for children to wear masks in schools and child care facilities.

Many Rockville Centre parents pleased that masks can come off in schools

Gov. Kathy Hochul an-nounced on Sunday that the state directive requiring children in schools and child care facilities to wear masks would end on Wednesday. more

By Reine Bethany and Mike Smollins | 3/3/22

Rockville Centre's Laura Gillen discusses her run for Congress

Rockville Centre resident and former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Feb. 24 that she is running for Congress in the 4th District. The seat will be open at year’s end, because U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, announced last month that she would not seek re-election. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/3/22

Former Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Thursday that she plans to run for Congress in the 4th District this fall. Kathleen Rice is not seeking re-election.

Laura Gillen announces campaign for Congress in 4th District

Former Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Thursday that she is running for Congress in the 4th District on Thursday. more

By Mike Smollins | 2/24/22

Long Islanders have been mugged by progressives

While the state’s election districts were recently redrawn — gerrymandered — by a progressive-Democratic majority in the State Legislature for the purpose of favoring their party, gerrymandering is not a particularly new political weapon. more

By Ronald J. Rosenberg | 2/24/22

Redistricting is a process designed to fail

In chess, you can’t control the game unless you control the board. The same can be said about politics, and since the early days of the republic, state legislatures . . . more

2/24/22

Four-term Congresswoman Kathleen Rice will not run for re-election, she said.

Congresswoman Kathleen Rice won't run for re-election

Four-term Congresswoman Kathleen Rice will not be running for a fifth two-year term. Rice, a Democrat, represents the 4th Congressional District. more

By Lisa Margaria | 2/15/22

An inauguration like no other

I have been blessed to raise my hand and pledge to serve my community as an elected official many times over the past 16 years. However, last Monday was the first — and hopefully, last — time that I will take the oath of office in my living room. more

By Debra Mulé | 1/20/22

Bail reform law needs still more tweaking

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder convened a news conference on Jan. 13 to make a point: The state’s bail reform law, enacted in January 2020, needs further reform . . . more

1/20/22

Rockville Centre Schools Superintendent Robert Bartels.

Rockville Centre schools superintendent aims to avoid remote learning return

At the Jan. 13 Board of Education meeting, Acting Superintendent Robert Bartels said he believed that despite an increase in coronavirus cases across Nassau County due to the Omicron variant, students are better off learning in school instead of switching to a remote model. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/20/22

After parents and students expressed disappointment over a tentative plan for the annual Red and Blue competition in March, school officials said they were still mulling options on how to ensure safety while keeping the tradition alive, which includes coming up with a policy on spectators. At left, hundreds of people attended a past event.

Rockville Centre students, parents push for 'normal' Red and Blue

Rockville Centre school officials are mulling how to safely host the 106th annual Red and Blue event while staying true to its traditions amid the unpredictability of the continuing coronavirus pandemic. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/20/22

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