About three dozen residents of Sandy-affected communities came to South Side High School to attend a meeting for New York Rising Action Plan Amendment No. 8 in Rockville Centre last week.
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By Alex Costello
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1/21/15
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At its Dec. 8 meeting, the Lawrence School District’s Board of Education unanimously approved a restructuring plan that is to take effect next September, and includes creating upper and lower schools in what is now the middle school and closing the Number Five School.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/17/14
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Last Friday was the two-year anniversary of voters’ approval of the sale of the vacant Seaford Avenue School to a private developer. Eight days earlier, The Seasons at Seaford moved one step closer to becoming a reality with a ruling by the Nassau County Planning Commission.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/17/14
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New York is working to shore up Irene-, Lee- and Sandy-damaged communities against future catastrophic storms, but the effort will take time, said officials at the state and local levels of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program.
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10/29/14
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Invitations to a dinner dance honoring retiring State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg stirred up simmering resentment between political foes Glenn Ingoglia and Mark Tannenbaum last week.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/8/14
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The vote was unanimous — hookah bars are now banned from the Village of Rockville Centre.
No one spoke up at the public hearing on the proposed ban at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/8/14
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When the doors opened on Tuesday for the first day of school, students in the East Rockaway district had new programs waiting for them — and more are on the way.
Superintendent Lisa Ruiz said …
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By Brendan Murray
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9/3/14
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The City Council unanimously approved an $8.4 million bond measure on Aug. 15 for a slew of infrastructure projects throughout the city, as part of a capital improvement plan that was approved in …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/27/14
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Two members of Long Beach’s New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program Planning Committee called for the release of millions of dollars in funding at the July 15 City Council meeting for …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/25/14
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After negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road’s eight unions “collapsed” on Monday, an LIRR strike that could strand more than …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Michael Ganci
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7/15/14
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