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Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at the Long Beach Library at 8 p.m. on March 9. The meeting will feature a budget presentation. Worksession … more

3/4/10

Snow impacts school calendar

Students in the Long Beach School District got three school days to play in the snow this winter, but that means one less day vacation day in May. The district allocates two snow days each year … more

ARIELLA MONTI | 3/4/10

South Shore begins digging out [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Blasted by the snow, again [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Long Beach Public Schools closed

Long Beach Public Schools will be closed for today, Friday, February 26. more

2/26/10

Schools need reserve-fund flexibility

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million. more

2/25/10

Long Beach sophomore Dylan Palacio,top, is headed to the state tournament as a wild card. He takes a record of 39-2 to Albany.

Palacio in state tournament

Still basking in the glory of Long Beach’s first Nassau County wrestling championship in 14 years, things got even better for sophomore Dylan Palacio last week. more

Tony Bellissimo | 2/25/10

The Long Beach School District has $7.2 million in its Employee Benefit Accrued Liability reserve fund, $2.5 million more than the previous year.

Schools have excess monies?

After his review of all schools districts and BOCES in New York, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cited several districts for having excess funds in its Employee Benefit Accrued Liability funds. … more

ARIELLA MONTI and ANDREW HACKMACK | 2/25/10

Long Beach schools calendar

Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at the Long Beach Library at 8 p.m. on March 9. There will be a budget presentation. Wall of Fame nominations … more

2/25/10

Alba Roqueta, a principal of an elementary school in Uruguay, introduced herself to kindergarteners Emily McLaughlin and Fiona Emiri during a recent visit to the Long Beach School District.

Even Waldbaum’s is an adventure

First time visitors to Long Beach, Alba Roqueta and Claudia Martinez left summer in their native Uruguay just in time for mother nature to drop 10 inches of snow on the barrier island, delivering … more

ARIELLA MONTI | 2/17/10