After a decade of dedicated service to Glen Cove City School District, Alexa Doeschner will step into its top leadership role as superintendent on July 1, 2025. Her appointment was officially …
Wantagh Middle School students recently paused from their busy schedules to write heartfelt letters — each one addressed to the parents of Matthew Lynch, a U.S. Marine who gave his life in Iraq.
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hosted Academy Charter School seniors from the Uniondale academy for a hands-on event that had the students to exploring the hospital’s Food and Nutrition Services department.
Locust Valley High School hosted its annual Flags for Freedom event in partnership with local organization Operation Democracy on June 6. The ceremony gave each members of the Class of 2025 a moment …
Celebrate 25 years of Court Street Music on June 15 in Valley Stream with a free concert featuring students, premieres, and chamber music.
The Long Beach City Council unanimously voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement extension between the city and the Civil Service Employees Association at its June 3 meeting. The …
New York state has begun the transition in leadership at Nassau University Medical Center, following the approval last month of a $254 billion budget package for fiscal year 2026 that included several provisions affecting NUMC, including a “takeover” of Long Island’s largest public hospital system.
In a year-long exploration of civic engagement, Oceanside High School’s newly credit-bearing Integrated Global Citizenship elective program culminated this spring in a student-driven initiative …
In their first Shakespeare Festival since before the coronavirus pandemic, students and staff at the Meadowbrook Alternative Program took a three-pronged approach to the revived weeklong production.
The West Hempstead Rams Marching Band was one of 22 high school marching bands across the country invited to play at the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. on May 26.
Volunteers armed with trash bags and grabbers fanned out across Mill Pond Preserve May 31 during a community cleanup organized by Save the Great South Bay in partnership with the Wantagh Lions Club.
Serving more than three decades of leadership in public education — and ten transformative years at the helm of the Baldwin School District — Superintendent Shari Camhi is preparing to step away from her post.
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Suburban America, and Long Island, has always been defined by its picket white fences, apple pie, and of course emerald-green lawns, perfectly mowed in house after house.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman recently stated that “having the President of the United States as a friend of Nassau County is a very good thing.”
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There are so many examples of cases where the very rich try their luck in the political world and get burned by the experience. The most obvious is the current case of Elon Musk, said to be the wealthiest person in the world.
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Death is a reality each family must confront. There’s no denying death’s heartbreaking impact on family and friends. But it’s important we take the opportunity to celebrate the life of the family member and friend we lost.
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The unfortunate closure of The Safe Center LI, a private nonprofit agency that served victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, has understandably raised concern across our community and in my office.