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Quarterback Owen West had two rushing touchdowns and 108 yards passing in South Side's 31-7 home victory over Wantagh Friday night.

South Side began the second half of the Nassau Conference III football season with its most impressive performance of 2023. And considering the Cyclones outscored their first four opponents by a … more

By Tony Bellissimo | 10/7/23

The Nassau Library System offers a ‘Techmobile,’ which brings digital access, technology help and library services to patrons who might not otherwise have access to those services. It registered nearly 2 million digital checkouts last year — or more than 5,000 per day.

County libraries meet the future with 1.9 million digital checkouts

Read a book. Listen to a book. But don’t feel like you have to physically pick up the book. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 9/5/23

An aerial photo of the Sewanhaka High School football field and its mascot. The school will have to rename its sports teams.

NYS Board of Regents votes to end use of Native American mascots and indigenous imagery

New York's state education department unanimously voted to end the use of Native American mascots in schools — and Sewanhaka High School and Wantagh High School must comply by the end of the 2024-25 academic year. more

By Ana Borruto | 4/18/23

Gov. Kathy Hochul, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer take a train from Grand Central Madison last month to celebrate the opening of the terminal.

Kathy Hochul orders more LIRR service beginning Monday

Essentially calling the opening of Grand Central Madison in New York's Upper East Side an ongoing process. Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday to not only add Long Island Rail Road trains to Brooklyn during peak hours, but also to lengthen cars on a number of trains that exceeded capacity over the last week. more

STAFF REPORT | 3/5/23

Superintendent John McNamara, left, with 2022 Wantagh High School salutatorian Skyla Marchesi, right. McNamara has made school safety a top priority for next year.

Seaford, Wantagh school districts keep security a top priority

In the wake of recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, school officials in Wantagh and Seaford said security would remain a top priority for the 2022-23 school year. more

By Michael Malaszczyk | 7/7/22

Superintendent John McNamara with Wantagh High Valedictorian Julianna Rose, Salutatorian Skyla Marchesi and Principal Dr. Paul Guzzone.

Meet Wantagh High School’s top two grads

Wantagh High School’s class of 2022 will graduate this month, and at the top of the group are Julianna Rose, the valedictorian, and Skyla Marchesi, the salutatorian. Their weighted grade … more

By Michael Malaszczyk | 6/8/22

Wantagh Parents for Educational Excellence’s website home screen, where the organization hopes to share information with local parents it may not know.

Wantagh lawn signs encourage parents to get up to speed on schools

Besides grass, something else is sprouting on lawns all across Wantagh — blue signs urging parents to “Vote Wantagh Strong.” more

By Brendan Carpenter | 5/13/22

An architect’s rendering of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s proposed 60,000-square-foot facility on Wantagh Avenue intended to provide ‘one-stop’ medical services for the larger community. It’s fate now rests with the Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals.

Key decision looms for Mount Sinai’s Wantagh facility

Two key pieces of the puzzle that is the proposed Mount Sinai South Nassau medical facility in Wantagh are seemingly all that remain. And both are before the Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals. more

By Tom Carrozza | 5/5/22

The medical facility a great community needs

Things we don’t want in our backyards: incinerators, releasing toxic fumes in the air. Nightclubs, with late-night rooftop music. Prisons, with their high walls and guarded towers. more

4/7/22

Wantagh Board of Education members voted on a series of motions.

Wantagh Board of Education clears up some confusion

Wantagh community members were concerned over the school district’s possible affiliation with Northwell Health at the Wantagh Board of Education Meeting on Thurs., March 24. John McNamara, superintendent of Wantagh schools at addressed the plethora of concerns voiced by parents at the meeting. more

By Maria Cestero | 3/31/22

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