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For the past five weeks, the Elmont Memorial High School Dance Team, including male and female students, has been competing on the MSG Varsity channel’s “Talent Show.” On June 5, the …
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By Jackie Nash
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5/31/11
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Faye Blue, an eighth-grader at Floral Park Memorial High School, has always been passionate about art. She’s an avid “Project Runway” fan, and loves to listen to pop music. She …
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By Jackie Nash
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5/31/11
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District, one of the largest school districts in Nassau County, passed its 2011-12 budget last week, with 4,628 votes supporting it and 3,028 opposing it. This year’s turnout of 7,656 voters was significantly lower than last year, when nearly 10,000 people voted on the current school spending plan.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/24/11
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“Yikes!” said Little Orphan Annie in excitement.
“Yikes!” says the Principal’s Office.
My recent column “Beating three common writing errors” drew more feedback than usual. It’s a pleasant surprise; as I’ve said repeatedly over the past six years, the value of writing good English has declined, but readers seem intrigued by the “writing quiz” feature that I sprinkle in several times a year. As a matter of fact, I have now added the “grammar policeman” to the rotation of features on my WCBS 880 spot “Eye on Education.”
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By Steve Kussin
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5/19/11
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The Elmont Union Free School District's 2011-12 budget passed today, after 1,861 voters came out to the polls to share their opinions about the budget. 1,124 residents supported the budget, and 737 residents voted "no." Last year, 1,677 local residents voted in support of Elmont’s 2010-11 budget, and 1,001 residents voted against it.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/17/11
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The Sewanhaka Central High School budget passed this evening, with 4,628 votes in support of the budget, and 3,028 votes against it. This year's turnout — 7,656 voters — was slightly lower than last year's, when nearly 10,000 residents came to the polls to vote for the 2010-11 budget.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/17/11
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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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Three years ago, Penny Curry began her career in the Franklin Square Union Free School District. Last week, she was approved for tenure by the district’s Board of Education.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/11/11
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Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students from Professor Scott Brinton’s Current Issues in Science Reporting class recently participated in and are reporting on an Envirothon that took place in the woodlands around the Meadowbrook Parkway in North Merrick, Roosevelt and Freeport on April 30. Brinton, of Merrick, is a senior editor and op-ed columnist with Herald Community Newspapers. The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce, headed by county Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, organized the event.
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5/11/11
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Second of two parts.
Last time I introduced the ups and downs in the teacher job market. Not long ago, I warned that a dangerous teacher shortage was on the horizon; now, we’re talking about cutbacks, layoffs, and the difficulty of getting a teaching job. What’s the story?
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By Steve Kussin
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5/6/11
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