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Lori Lang spoke about the need for after-school busing for private-school students at the Central High School District’s Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting.
Private-school parents from Valley Stream call for after-school busing
Almost every day of the week, Valley Stream freshman John Valencia stays after school at Chaminade High School for various clubs. But because of local school district busing policies, he routinely struggles to find a way back home. more
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Angela Green
Sept. 11 hero from Valley Stream struggles with cancer
Angela Green wanted to sleep late on Sept. 11, 2001, her first day off after nearly two weeks in her new job as an officer with the New York City Police Department. But the phone in her Valley Stream apartment rang insistently, forcing her to answer it. more
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Students in Valley Stream continued to opt out of the New York State English Language Arts and mathematics tests this year.
Roughly half of Valley Stream students are proficient, state test data shows
Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring. more
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Village officials replaced the dying ornamental pear trees on Rockaway Avenue with planters from the Arthur J. Hendrickson pool.
Village of Valley Stream hopes to remodel downtown
Village of Valley Stream officials have been working over the past month to help rebuild Rockaway Avenue. more
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Valley Stream school districts’ reserve funds exceed limit
Two of Valley Stream’s four school districts overfilled their unassigned reserve funds in the past school year, according to financial statements filed with the state. more
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Kevan Abrahams
Valley Stream school officials considering speed cameras
Superintendents from four Valley Stream school districts said they would consider installing speed cameras around schools, after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran proposed an opt-in program for school districts earlier this month. more
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced off against actress Cynthia Nixon in a primary on Sept. 13. Above, the two debating at Hofstra University in August.
Sept. 13 is Primary Day in New York
New Yorkers headed to the polls to vote in the 2018 primaries on a Thursday, rather than a Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is facing his own primary challenge by "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia … more
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Dave Buxbaum
Valley Stream Central High School District adds new director of security
To quell parents’ and students’ fears about the Valley Stream Central High School District’s security, the Board of Education approved a $77,850 contract with Wisdom Protective Services on Aug. 28 and named Dave Buxbaum the district’s director of security. more
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Can teachers bear arms?
Officials say no to federal gun funding
Local elected and school officials and parents joined the swelling chorus last week of those opposed to a proposal to use federal funds to arm classroom teachers, including in Franklin Square, Elmont … more
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Stephen Figurasmith, center, held a press conference after a Nassau County judge reduced his charges.
Valley Stream ‘Moses’ has bombing charges reduced
Charges against Valley Streamer Stephen Figurasmith, who dressed up as Moses and doled out water with red food dye that was deemed “a false bomb or hazardous substance” in June, were reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor last Friday. more
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