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The Nassau County Department of Assessment continued to be an object of political brinkmanship last week, as Democratic County Executive Laura Curran vetoed the Republican-controlled Legislature’s proposal to make the assessor post elective.
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5/31/19
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Memorial Day started as Decoration Day, and it was first observed at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 30, 1868, three years after the Civil War reached its bloody conclusion.
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5/23/19
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At a time when district administrators are striving to enhance school safety and increase the quality of programs — while holding the line on taxes — it is as important as ever to support school budgets.
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5/16/19
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In this year’s Oceanside and Island Park school elections, all Board of Education races are uncontested. We believe that is because people are generally happy with the quality of education district children are receiving.
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5/16/19
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After the #MeToo movement exploded into the national consciousness in 2017 and 2018, New York state lawmakers recently proposed no fewer than 11 bills to strengthen the state’s sexual harassment laws.
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5/9/19
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The newly barren banks of Glen Cove Creek lie just down shore from RXR’s Garvies Point project, on what was once a lush stretch of marsh grass and green trees. Now these wetlands have all but disappeared.
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5/2/19
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At the 2008 Republican National Convention, party stalwart Michael Steele declared, “Drill, baby, drill! And drill now! Do you want to put your country first?"
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4/25/19
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Town of Hempstead Republicans practically swelled with pride on April 16, after the Town Board unanimously passed a revamped ethics code.
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4/25/19
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Nassau County’s most famous Republican, President Theodore Roosevelt, dedicated much of his life to preserving nature. During his time in the White House, the Oyster Bay resident . . .
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4/18/19
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Welcome to another annual rite of spring: the state exams for grades three through eight.
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4/11/19
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