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How East Meadow's passing rates on the state assessments have fared since the exams' incorporation of the Common Core State State Standards in 2013.

State test scores in the East Meadow School District saw little change this year from 2013-14, a lack of progress that mirrored a statewide trend, and which district officials said underscored the inadequacies of the high-stakes testing program based on the Common Core State Standards implemented three years ago. more

By David Weingrad | 8/19/15

Woman killed in Wantagh Parkway crash

A Bethpage woman was killed in a two-car accident in Wantagh last weekend. more

8/18/15

The Dinkelmeyer band prepared to perform at the New York State School Music Association Major Organization Evaluation Festival, which was held at Hofstra University May 18 to 20.

N. Bellmore celebrates musical milestones

Jordan Novak was one of many students who wanted to join the Saw Mill Road Elementary School Serenaders, a select vocal musical group, in recent years. She explained that dozens of her peers wanted … more

By Julie Mansmann | 8/6/15

Adam Skelos, left, and his father, Senator Dean Skelos, second from right, are facing additional charges from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stemming from a job that Dean allegedly helped secure for Adam but for which Adam did no work. The two are pictured here at Skelos’s swearing-in ceremony in January with his wife, Gail, and brother, Peter.

More charges added against Senator Skelos and son

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara added more charges to the indictment against Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, late in the day on Tuesday, July 21. Skelos, 67, and his son Adam, 32, were already charged with six counts stemming from what Bharara said was a scheme in which Skelos was trading favors with businesses in exchange for payments made to his son. more

By Alex Costello | 7/21/15

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages invited village residents to join the Assemblyman's challenge

Michaelle Solages kicks off reading challenge

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages announced the start of the Assembly’s annual Summer Reading Challenge earlier this month, designed to encourage children to continue reading and learning … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 7/15/15

Congress must renew the Zadroga Act

After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more

7/15/15

Judge Peter Skelos announced he will be retiring in order to return to private practice.

Peter Skelos to retire as judge

Justice Peter Skelos, a Rockville Centre resident and brother of state senator Dean Skelos, announced last week that he would be retiring from his seat on the bench as of Aug. 1. more

By Alex Costello | 7/8/15

An incentive program overseen by the state Department of Health will offer up to $8 billion to hospitals that can effectively lower the number of low-income patients who frequently visit emergency rooms by treating them earlier. State Sen. Kemp Hannon, left, and NUMC president Dr. Victor Politi explained the program.

A plan to reform health care statewide

Nassau University Medical Center President Dr. Victor Politi and State Sen. Kemp Hannon announced on June 29 the hospital’s participation in an ambitious statewide incentive plan that aims to reform the health care system by focusing on greater care for at-risk, low-income patients to reduce “avoidable hospitalizations,” thereby lowering state Medicaid costs. If successful, the program could net hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for Long Island and Queens hospitals over the next five years, portions of which would go the NUMC. more

By David Weingrad | 7/8/15

The Repaving of Hempstead Turnpike by the state Department of Transportation began in mid-May. At left, an unfinished eastbound section near the Wantagh Parkway.

Turnpike repaving nearly complete

Driving along Hempstead Turnpike has not been easy the past several weeks, as the state’s Department of Transportation continues its repaving of the major thoroughfare, which stretches across three towns and two counties. And while the night-time detours and rough roadway during the construction have caused traffic backups, most agree that fixing a busy road that has become cratered with potholes in recent years is well worth the temporary inconvenience. more

By David Weingrad | 7/8/15

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15

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