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Village general election 2023: Here's why mayoral candidates are clashing over village's financial future.
In less than two weeks, voters head to the polls, casting ballots for mayor, two trustees, and a village justice. General election day is Tuesday, March 21, where voters will choose from three …
From hate crimes to language barriers, South Asian community opens up about key issues at town hall
Valley Stream’s South Asian community — predominantly composed of residents from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh — is alive and growing. The community’s dynamic cultural and …
Annual Blue and Gold celebrates Valley Stream scouts
Blue and Gold celebrates cub scouting and their achievements. Each year, a ceremony takes place to highlight all of the requirements the scouts had to complete throughout the year before the …
At Valley Stream District 24, search for new superintendent is on
The Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education has recruited the help of an educational consulting firm, District Wise Search Consultants, to lead the search for the district’s next …
This Valley Stream author’s debut children’s book is an ode to fathers
Growing up in Valley Stream, Devon Felix would often observe his father on his days off from work, getting into trouble around the house over little, silly things. He jotted down what he saw, and …
Politics
Village general election 2023: Arroyo wants to change the conversation
As a political firebrand and activist, Cristina Arroyo has been outspoken about the need to tackle the structural barriers that exclude under-represented groups in her hometown of Valley Stream. She …
Politics
Village general election 2023: Bonelli wants more thoughtful government
Anthony Bonelli spent decades of his working life across various city services, optimizing systems, and improving standards of transparency, efficiency, and integrity. Now he hopes to bring his …
POLITICS
Village general election 2023: Fare knows progress made, progress coming
He’s a third-generation Valley Stream resident and has become a pillar of village government for more than a decade. Now Edwin Fare is asking his neighbors to extend his time as mayor for a …
Education
South Valley Stream student promotes peace through art
Valley Stream South High School 8th grader Sudan Belvanis had her artwork selected by a panel of judges to be featured in the Shanti Fund 2023 Peace Art Calendar earlier this year. Her …
Community
Nassau County Girl Scouts fundraise for victims of quake in Syria, Turkey at Masjid Hamza
The crowd of men and children streaming into the Masjid Hamza mosque in Valley Stream gathered along a spot sectioned off for Friday afternoon prayer at the back parking lot on Feb. 24. Without the …
Editorial
We must keep government transparent
March 12-18 is Sunshine Week. Associations, institutions and organizations connected to journalism will celebrate the initiative to promote open government, which was launched in 2005 . . .
Op-Ed
The shell game we like to call graduation rates
State taxpayers remain mostly blinded by educational obfuscations like the high school graduation rate.
Randi Kreiss
Writers will tell the story of our times
In honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
Op-Ed
The governor’s misguided affordable-housing plan
It appears that Gov. Kathy Hochul has made a conscious decision to declare political war on Long Island.