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Get involved in the school budget process
In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent. more
Johanna Sofield, president and co-founder of the nonprofit organization the Long Beach Christmas Angel, is the Herald's 2015 Person of the Year.
Johanna Sofield, The Long Beach Christmas Angel
When Hurricane Sandy hit, Long Beach resident Johanna Sofield already had a reputation for giving back to her community. As president and a co-founder of the Long Beach Christmas Angel, a … more
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Sakeenah Benjamin, front, and Nakeem Grant, at back, were among six Hofstra University graduate journalism students who mentored members of the Hempstead High School newspaper club this fall as part of a new program begun by Scott Brinton, a Hofstra adjunct professor and the Heralds’ senior editor.
Showing aspiring reporters at Hempstead High the world of journalism
This fall six Hofstra University graduate journalism students visited Hempstead High School weekly to teach members of the newspaper club about how to write news and feature articles and to introduce … more
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Two big sweeps toward a cleaner capital
With the convictions of former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, pundits now claim that Albany’s pay-to-play system of dishonest dealing has finally been . . . more
Long Beach High School was the target of a “terroristic threat” earlier this week, which officials said was not credible.
Student arrested for making threats to LBHS
Nassau County police arrested a Long Beach High School student on Tuesday after written threats against the school were reported earlier this week. The suspect, a 15-year old, was taken into … more
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Merokean charged in ‘massive’ Medicare/insurance fraud
A pharmacist from Merrick, a doctor and an accountant are all charged in a “massive” fraud scheme dating back to 2012 that involved fake prescriptions for the pain medication oxycodone, according … more
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The voters spoke: They want an end to corruption
Only 20 percent of Long Islanders voted in last week’s election, but they made sure their voices were heard loud and clear: They were sick of the corruption that has plagued politics at all levels of government. more
Power to the people –– Nassau elects Singas
In a good year, many, if not most, Nassau County voters are cynical about local politics. Two powerful machines, led by the major political parties, exercise tight control over . . . more
Dr. Stephen Dewey answered Bellmore-Merrick parents’ and residents’ questions about the effects that drugs have on the mind.
The teenage brain on drugs
The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant. Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up. And, he has found, it isn’t pretty. more
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School district's tax freeze approved
For the second consecutive year, qualifying homeowners will receive a tax rebate as a result of the Long Beach School district staying within Governor Andrew Cuomo’s tax cap. The school budget … more
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