Without a library to call their own, South Valley Stream residents have been using the village’s Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for the past eight years. On Monday, they can choose to renew the contract for another five.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/22/10
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As summer faints into bygone memories, school opened with a bang as crowds of children and teenagers — more than 9,000 of them — rushed through the doors of Valley Stream schools for their first day on Sept. 8.
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Clarissa Hamlin and Andrew Hackmack
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9/15/10
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Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and the challenger for his seat, former county Legislator Jeff Toback, squared off at a debate sponsored by the Southwest Nassau League of Women Voters on Aug. 31 at …
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Alex Costello
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9/8/10
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Parents, residents and students stepped into the ring with their gloves off to demand information about the Alternative Special Education program at the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Aug. 31.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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9/8/10
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The Herald sat down with the three candidates running in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District general election against Carolyn McCarthy. Here is some of what they had to say.
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Lee Landor
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9/8/10
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The race between three Republicans vying to be chosen as the challenger to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) for the 4th Congressional District seat turned fierce last week during a debate held by …
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Lee Landor
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9/8/10
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Their battle for the ballot overshadowed much of the race between Patrick Nicolosi and Mimi Pierre Johnson, Elmont civic leaders vying for the Democratic nod in the primary election to replace outgoing Assemblyman Tom Alfano in November.
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Lee Landor and Andrew Hackmack
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9/3/10
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With a wide open race in the 14th Assembly District, Dermond Thomas is hoping that voters will choose to send him to Albany.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/1/10
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Valley Stream’s four school districts are in for some extra money, thanks to a new $10 billion federal education jobs bill.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/1/10
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Even those in leadership positions have go back to school. District 13’s administrative team participated in a two-day training session this summer to improve teaching in the elementary schools and, ultimately, boost student learning.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/31/10
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