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Mostly Cloudy Wantagh School District budget is approved
Jennifer Perfetti and Laura Reich win trustee seats
By a vote of 2,252 to 825, the Wantagh School District budget for the 2022-2023 school year was approved on Tuesday night.
Helping cancer patients, one Lidl grocery bag at a time
John Theissen recalled walking into Schneider’s Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park on Dec. 8, 1988, to have surgery for a brain tumor. He was 17. There he met Tasha, a 7-year-old …
No decision yet on Mount Sinai in Wantagh
Two key pieces of the puzzle that is the proposed Mount Sinai South Nassau medical facility in Wantagh are seemingly all that remain. And both are before the Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals.
MacArthur primed for playoff run
Despite ultimately falling to Garden City last Friday, the game provided a confidence boost for the MacArthur boys’ lacrosse team and its quest for a rematch on a bigger stage. MacArthur …
Helping vets and their pets stay healthy
The Nassau County Legislature brought the non-profit Paws of War’s Vets2Vets Mobile Veterinary Clinic to Eisenhower Park on May 6. During the program, free veterinary health services were …
County exec ends pandemic relief program
County Executive Bruce Blakeman is ending Nassau County’s Household Assistance Program, intended to offer lower-income residents a one-time direct payment of $375. Signed into law last …
Wantagh High senior honored for ‘a-maze-ing’ work
Wantagh High School senior Julia Forese was recognized for he in-depth study on the memory of fruit flies. She will receive her award from the Nassau County chapter of the Science Teachers Association of New York State at a May 17 dinner.
Editorial
School board candidates should know the facts
After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .
Op-Ed
Elections are coming — make democracy work
Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
Randi Kreiss
Threat to choice has women on the march
Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.