Local school districts say they are stepping up their games following the release of scores on state math and English tests given in the spring to students in third through eighth grades.
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By Lee Landor
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8/19/11
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Nassau voters resoundingly defeated the proposed borrowing of $400 million to replace the 39-year-old Nassau Coliseum and construct a new minor league ballpark at Mitchell Field. The Aug. 1 vote was …
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Guest Opinion by Owen Rumelt
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8/10/11
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While 18 year-old Malvernite Brieonna Ramsey spent time teaching children about the classical American one-room schoolhouse to earn her Girl Scout Award, her 18-year-old neighbor, Sarah St. John, …
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By Kat Teurfs
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8/4/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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For a moment, I stopped paddling and took in Merrick Bay, its virtually still surface glistening in the morning sunlight. In the distance, the Jones Beach water tower and amphitheater stood out amid a light haze. The view was, in a word, breathtaking.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/25/11
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Exhibits and more...
Body MappingThe exhibit commemorates the opening of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Works by contemporary artists, Tina Blondell, Giedre …
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7/21/11
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After a four-month, nationwide search, officials at the Town of Hempstead have announced the hiring a new assistant director of the Hempstead Town Animal Shelter.
“We are pleased to welcome …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/20/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and a group of 15 government officials, civic leaders and engineers donned sunglasses as they unveiled two “solar trackers” in the back parking lot of the town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways in Lido Beach on Monday.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/12/11
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This one was never in doubt. Legislation that will put a cap on property tax levies passed by a 57-to-5 margin in the State Senate before it made it through the Assembly and was signed into law by …
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By Fran Berkman and Lee Landor
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7/6/11
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Exhibits and more...
Body MappingThe exhibit commemorates the opening of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Works by contemporary artists, Tina Blondell, Giedre …
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7/6/11
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