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State audits NuHealth's profit-sharing plan

In an audit released last week, the state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office wrote positively of NuHealth’s Faculty Practice Plan (FPP), but also recommended changes. … more

Mike Caputo | 8/19/10

My Special Place board members, from left, Danielle Sanders, Michelle Soodek, Scott Goodman, Ivy LoNigro and Judy Shiechel.

My Special Place: where everyone belongs

The parents who attended the My Special Place Open House on Aug. 11 at the East Meadow Benevolence Association Hall all sought the same thing for their teenagers with developmental disabilities … more

Meghan McCloskey | 8/19/10

State raises standards, but who’s going to pay?

In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades. more

8/12/10

Crews worked on the Newbridge Road reconfiguration project on Tuesday afternoon, near the intersection of Seventh Street.

Newbridge Road project begins, could be done by Friday

Work has begun on Newbridge Road, and it could be completed before you read this story. more

Mike Caputo | 8/11/10

State assessment scores were down this year across New York State, including East Meadow, as the Education Department changed its scoring system after the tests were administered.

Scoring changes lower East Meadow test results

Grades on the state English Language Arts and math exams fell in East Meadow, across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department recalibrated the proficiency ratings at … more

Mike Caputo | 8/4/10

Assemblyman Michael Montesano, center, co-sponsored a bill that calls for a comprehensive forensic audit of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. He was joined by Assemblyman Dean Murray, right, and Suffolk Legislator Daniel LoSquadro.

Montesano calls for forensic audit of MTA

The payroll tax ... threats to cut funding for the Long Island bus .. rising fares on the Long Island Railroad and the elimination of bus routes in Nassau. Those were some recent measures taken to … more

Mike Caputo | 8/4/10

New York state bans drop-side cribs after infant deaths

State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. announced last Friday that legislation banning dangerous drop-side cribs in New York state has been signed by Gov. David Paterson. more

David Weingrad | 8/3/10

Long Island Bus must be saved

Economists tell us that the Great Recession of recent years is over. The economy is growing again, albeit ever so slowly. Long Island’s jobless rate has dropped to below 7 percent. Housing prices in a number of area neighborhoods are starting — mind you, starting — to creep up. And we hear anecdotal evidence that people are beginning to spend again. more

7/30/10

Perhaps the Boss should’ve been governor

The passing of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner brought to mind two words: tough love. Steinbrenner succeeded in the world of sports because he wasn’t willing to follow the traditional ways of all the other team owners. He spent money, but he dished out lots of tough love to his managers, his players and his very limited partners. more

Jerry Kremer | 7/30/10

The Merrick Madness, pictured here after winning the Long Island softball championship in the 12-year-old division last week, has won the New York State Softball Championship.

Merrick Madness wins state softball championship

Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 11:29 p.m. Merrick’s 12-year-old Williamsport softball team, a.k.a. the "Merrick Madness," has won the New York State Softball Championship, defeating Garden City South 13-6 in Canastota, N.Y. on July 28, according to Bill Haddad, president of the Canastota Little League. more

David Weingrad | 7/28/10

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