A group of former Long Beach Medical Center employees who were laid off after Hurricane Sandy filed a class action lawsuit on Monday against the hospital and its chief executive officer in an effort …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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12/11/13
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In her years at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, Merokean Sara Rosenzweig grew accustomed to finishing first among Cougar cross-country and track runners. She twice qualified for the New York State High School Cross-Country Championship, and ended her high school career last spring by capturing the Nassau County steeplechase title.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/4/13
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More than 250 residents filled the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center on Nov. 20 for a hands-on tutorial on the Common Core curriculum from East Meadow School District administrators and teachers. The goal of the workshop, which was coordinated by PTA Council officials and district administrators, was to give parents a better grasp of the new standards, to enable them to help their children at home more effectively.
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By David Weingrad
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12/4/13
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Ever since the Long Beach Medical Center closed after Hurricane Sandy — and amid ongoing discussions with the State Department of Health and merger talks with South Nassau Communities Hospital — …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/27/13
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A public meeting focusing on the fate of the shuttered Long Beach Medical Center is being organized by a group of residents from across the barrier island, in the hope of learning more and dispelling …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/27/13
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State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg says that the Long Beach Medical Center will file for bankruptcy as part of a plan to eliminate its debt, as merger talks with South Nassau Communities Hospital …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/27/13
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Administrators in the North Bellmore School District recently announced that three of its five schools were named Reward Schools by the New York State Department of Education.
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/21/13
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New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year.
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11/21/13
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David Feller, superintendent of the North Merrick School District and this year’s president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents, recently offered his views on the Common Core Learning Standards and Annual Professional Performance Review — controversial changes in school curricula, testing, and the way teachers and principals are evaluated, which New York has begun debuting. He spoke at a forum on education that several Republican state assemblymen from Long Island conducted on Oct. 24 at SUNY College at Old Westbury. Following are excerpts from his remarks:
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11/20/13
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County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) is calling on Long Beach Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Melzer to address the public over the fate of the hospital, which remains closed …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/20/13
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