My last two columns, “As promised: keeping tabs” (June 30 – July 6) and “Is the bloom off the rose?” (July 21-27) provided information to evaluate the session-ending accomplishments of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Two fundamental questions were raised. Has there been a real transformation in addressing the way the “people’s business” is being managed in Albany? Do our political leaders really understand that the state of New York is still headed down a path of fiscal instability and requires levels of real reform hardly evident to date? more

Oceanside High School students Blake Smith and Yael Weiss — both of whom recently entered science competitions — are described as two “amazing young people” who make the jobs of their science … more

The annual Science Fair at South Side High School attracted a large number of participants this year and more than 600 projects were displayed, according to the school’s Science Research coordinator,Herb Weiss. more

Kennedy senior Greg Manis describes himself as “chief geek” of the high school’s science club. To begin to understand Manis’s world, you probably have to be one of the club’s assistant geeks. more

Dozens of people, including Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino, came out to Lady of America of West Hempstead on March 26 to participate in the fitness center's fifth annual Ab Crunch … more

Two local girls are making a difference in a big way –– one lemonade stand at a time. more

Calhoun High School senior Jenny Wu understands pain. As a volunteer in the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, the 17-year-old has seen the agony of injury and disease –– and, she said, she wants to help. more

One of Rockville Centre’s own earned a spot as a regional semifinalist in the celebrated 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. more

To the Editor: As a Muslim American, I particularly enjoyed Scott Brinton’s column on American perceptions of Muslims, “When perception is reality in the Muslim world” (Sept. 16-22). more

Students in the United Church Nursery School participated in a Trike-A-Thon to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. more