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A Few Clouds Valley Stream Central High School District superintendent presents proposed $117 million budget
Valley Stream Central High School District Superintendent Bill Heidenreich and Wayne Loper, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, presented the Board of Education’s proposed $117 …
NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers
Commissioner: ‘We will answer that threat.'
Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
Central High School takes prize at SPARK! Challenge
Valley Stream Central High School students won their second consecutive SPARK! Challenge award last week with a presentation on surgeons and surgical teams.
Record showing for Heralds in 2017 New York Press Association contest
The Herald Community Newspapers won big in the New York Press Association’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest, taking home 29 awards — 26 of them for editorial excellence. That was a record …
Valley Stream Civilian Patrol: 24/7 vigilance
Every day and night of the week, the 30 members of the Valley Stream Civilian Patrol cruise village streets to monitor and help deter crime.
District 24 Board of Education adopts $28.76 million budget for the ballot
Valley Stream School District 24’s Board of Education voted unanimously on April 11 to adopt a $28.75 million budget that voters can approve or deny on May 15. The proposed 2018 – 19 budget would be $1,104,136 higher from the current budget, or a 3.99 percent increase.
James A. Dever students get STEAM-y
Fifth- and sixth-graders at the James A. Dever School put their science, technology, engineering, art and math skills to use at the STEAM Night on April 11.
Valley Streamers continue to refuse tests
Despite changes to state tests last year, Valley Stream students continue to refuse to take the English Language Arts test, which were held this year on April 11 through April 12.
LIJ to host visioning event for new STEM center
The Center for Science Teaching and Learning announced that it will sponsor a “visioning” event at Long Island Jewish Hospital in Valley Stream, from 7-9 p.m. on April 30. The session is meant to give residents an opportunity to imagine and share what kind of STEM center they want.
Valley Stream village treasurer proposes $41.8m budget
Village of Valley Stream Treasurer Mike Fox handed the Board of Trustees a proposed $41.8 million village budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year at a board of trustees work session on March 19. The …
The Week Ahead
April 19 - 26
Lights on for Education All three Valley Stream elementary districts will come together for the annual Lights on for Education festival on April 26 at 7:15 at Memorial Junior High School. The …