More than 100 students from Maria Regina Catholic School in Seaford exploded with excitement on Feb. 25. Paper maché volcanoes burst off in the gym, as students demonstrated their different experiments at the second annual science fair. more

When BOCES teacher Ellen Kessler Dubinsky invited her ninth grade students to enter the Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair at Hofstra University, she advised them to consider a subject they like and … more

Long Beach’s Martin Luther King Center held its first college fair on Feb. 18, part of a broader effort by the city to implement economic empowerment programs in the North Park neighborhood. more

Hundreds of people gathered on Plainfield Avenue and marched to the main entrance of Belmont Park on Saturday, protesting Nassau Off Track Betting’s decision to house video lottery terminals in the … more

Kennedy High School junior Claire Kelly spent three weeks last summer at the University of Chicago, delving deep into the human brain, examining the connection between impulsivity and drug addiction. Senior Rachel Mashal, the class of 2016 salutatorian, put fruit flies on a restricted diet to determine whether lower food intake would ward off drug addiction — specifically caffeine addiction — while also extending life. (As it turn out, it did both.) And senior Alexis Tillman hung out on lonely street corners (with either her mom or dad nearby) for weeks, filming homeless panhandlers to determine what, precisely, might persuade charitable passersby to give them loose change or even a dollar or two. more

The holiday season doesn’t officially begin until the Christmas mice arrive. That was the feeling at the Church of St. Jude in Wantagh, which hosted its annual Country Fair on Nov. 7. more

Christ Lutheran Church in Wantagh hosted its annual country fair last Saturday to fuel donations for the parish. The festival has been running for 19 consecutive years. more

More than 400 students showed up for Central High School’s annual Pink Fair on Oct. 16 to raise money for breast cancer research and increase awareness about the disease, which affects Long Islanders at a rate 13 to 18 percent higher than the statewide average. more

On Sunday, residents from all over Rockville Centre turned out for the annual Hewitt Fair. The fair, held on school grounds, is hosted every year by the Hewitt PTA. It is the organization’s … more

For seniors at Wantagh High School, the month of October brings in a lot more than just cooler weather and trick-or-treating. On Oct. 1, the mini-college fair came to town offering students insight and information on the various universities in New York and surrounding states. more