Prom 2021 is an act of faith. It is kids needing to shake off more than a year of lockdowns, shutdowns, sickness and isolation. It is a down payment on good times ahead after an avalanche of disappointments.
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6/3/21
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Focusing on issues ranging from potholes to speeding cars on popular roads like Dutch Broadway, community group Voices for Elmont aims to advocate for the community in different ways.
Voices for …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/27/21
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To mask or not to mask? That is the question — not only mine, but just about everyone else’s, too. The confusion about the necessity of masks . . .
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By James Bernstein
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5/27/21
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Memorial Day events will take on new urgency this year as a kind of collective anti-insurrection rally.
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5/27/21
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Robotics Club competed in and won various awards at the Long Island FIRST Tech Challenge Championship`.
FIRST Robotics events are organized by the …
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5/20/21
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With children stuck at home for most of the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elmont Memorial High School Assistant Principal Dayna Sotirhos sought to find a way to keep children active …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/20/21
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Sewanhaka Central High School District budget
Total: $215.7 million
Passed by a vote of 2,352 to 1,101.
Sewanhaka capital reserve proposition
A proposition to establish a capital reserve …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/19/21
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Elmont School District budget
Total: $96.9 million
Passed by a vote of 650 to 223.
Elmont school board
Challenger Sharon Earley Davis was elected with 525 votes. Incumbent Sheldon Meikle …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/19/21
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I take note of the impending retirement of Dr. Stuart Rabinowitz, the president of Hofstra University. Having been a trustee of the university for almost 30 years, I have come to understand . . .
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5/13/21
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It was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent . . .
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By Alan Singer
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5/6/21
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