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The giant Ferris wheel commands attention throughout the fairgrounds.

Excitement on the midway

Fair season has arrived — and the Empire State Fair is ready to kick things off. more

By Karen Bloom | 4/25/19

Birth Justice Warriors fight for healthy moms and babies

In the modern world we live in, in the richest country in the world and in one of the wealthiest areas of that country, you’d think that Nassau County’s expectant and new mothers, along with their babies, would get the best care in the world. You’d be wrong. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 4/19/19

GOP is hardly Rooseveltian on conservation

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 . . . more

4/18/19

We must rethink state testing for grades 3-8

Welcome to another annual rite of spring: the state exams for grades three through eight. more

4/11/19

Susan Brockmann asked festival-goers in Rockville Centre last September to sign a petition urging an ordinance to combat bag pollution. Now, plastic bags will be banned in retail stores starting next March.

Amid Rockville Centre movement to curb checkout bag pollution, plastic bags to be banned in New York

Under an agreement reached as part of the state budget passed by lawmakers over the weekend, plastic bags will be banned in all New York retail stores starting next March. more

By Anthony O'Reilly and Ben Strack | 4/4/19

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, center, joined Susan Lerner, far left, executive director of Common Cause NY, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, to his right, and Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, to his left, at a news conference at Rockville Centre’s Long Island Rail Road station on March 22.

State lawmakers, advocates push for early voting funds in Rockville Centre

State lawmakers and activists gathered at the Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road station on March 22 to advocate for funding to be allocated in New York’s budget to help implement the early voting process set to begin in November. more

By Ben Strack | 3/28/19

Slow down, New York. We’re moving too fast on pot.

As the debate around legalization of recreational marijuana in New York state swirls, and the punches and counterpunches of the pros versus cons become more frenetic, we need to take a step back . . . more

By Judi Vining | 3/22/19

Albany should give taxpayers a break

Every year at this time, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature wrestle with the state budget, facing an April 1 deadline to get it done. This year . . . more

3/22/19

Leah E. Watson, president of The Links Incorporated Long Island Chapter, far left; Elaine Gross, president of ERASE Racism; Dr. Makila Meyers, of the New York State Education Department; and Andrea Honigsfeld, associate dean and director of Molloy College’s Doctoral Program in Education, attended the event.

ERASE Racism forum at Molloy College discusses diversifying education

Long Island high school students indicated on Saturday that they want to see a wider range of identities represented in school lesson plans. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 3/21/19

What would congestion pricing mean for Long Islanders?

Most Long Islanders don’t blink when they hear the words “congestion pricing,” but this idea, now before the State Legislature, is a big deal for out-of-city drivers. more

3/15/19

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