This is the time of year when families across the country are struggling to find the right colleges for their soon-to-graduate sons and daughters. There’s some promising news on the horizon for some of those students . . .
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1/19/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed free tuition at CUNY and SUNY schools for families earning $100,000 or less in 2017 and families earning $125,000 or less in 2019. We support any good measure that would . . .
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1/12/17
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Although fake news is a big issue for today’s media, particularly in the aftermath of the presidential campaign, it has been a problem in the journalism world for more than 100 years. “There are records of fake news going back as far as Lincoln that were used to [try to] derail his election,” said Dr. Cliff Jernigan, an associate professor and chairman of Hofstra University’s Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/7/16
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Seven Seaford High School athletes who will continue their sports at the college level next year made their commitment official at a Letter of Intent signing on April 15.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/26/16
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As a high school senior who couldn’t wait to graduate and start the next chapter of my life, I was dead set against going, or even applying, to any of the schools the State University of New York …
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By Taylor Bologna
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3/9/16
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Several weeks after a fire on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead burned her apartment and belongings, Towanda Glover was working at her cashier job at Kings supermarket in Garden City, one of the three jobs she does to make ends meet. Melissa Monteleone, a West Hempstead resident and a student at SUNY Old Westbury, approached her register to make a purchase. “We got to talking and she mentioned her situation,” said Monteleone. “I didn’t know what to do. I was shaken and speechless,” she said.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/3/16
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A Farmingdale State sophomore from Baldwin recorded her first career triple-double as the women’s basketball team earned a 78-41 conference victory at Yeshiva.
Guard Tyra Harrison finished the …
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1/27/16
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Vincent Pellegrino, a senior majoring in business economics from Baldwin, earned first team All-SUNYAC and second team All-Region honors this fall, SUNY-Oneonta said.
Pellegrino played and …
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1/20/16
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SUNY Oswego named two Baldwin residents to the dean’s list for fall 2015.
Christina Ramdeo of Linden Avenue is a sophomore biology major; Yesenia A. Torres of Twain Street is a senior public …
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1/20/16
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A SUNY Farmingdale basketball player from Baldwin was named player of the week for two consecutive weeks.
Sophomore guard Tyra Harrison of Baldwin earned Skyline Conference Player of the Week …
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12/22/15
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