Scott Brinton, senior editor at Herald Community Newspapers and an adjunct journalism professor in the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication, was named to the inaugural class of the Press Club of Long Island’s Journalism Hall of Fame on Feb. 12. All winners of PCLI’s Outstanding Journalist Award, the group’s highest individual honor, were included in the first class of Hall of Fame inductees. Brinton received the accolade in 2006.
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2/19/14
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Wantagh High School’s talented cast and crew drew a full house on opening night of Alain Boublil’s and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s epic story, “Les Misérables.”
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2/17/14
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Dozens of residents appeared before Hempstead’s Town Board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4 to voice concerns about a proposed condominium development at the Seaford Avenue School.
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By: Laura Schofer
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2/17/14
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The Beatles’ invasion of America 50 years ago this month was a global event, but in 1964, in the Five Towns, it was very much a local story.
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2/14/14
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As of 11:10 p.m. Thursday, both the Wantagh and Seaford School Districts are scheduled to be open with a two hour delay Friday.
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By: Michael Ganci
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2/13/14
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Both the Wantagh and Seaford School Districts are closed Thursday due to the snow and continued bad weather expected throughout the day.
Thursday's budget session and board of education meeting in …
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By: Michael Ganci
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2/13/14
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Poverty is hard to define, I learned during a “Covering Suburban Poverty” conference sponsored by the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communications and the Poynter Institute last Sept. 26 and 27.
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By Scott Brinton, Senior Editor
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2/12/14
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New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report on Jan. 14 titled “School District Revenue Growth Slows.” Before I get to it, a quick primer on education funding.
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1/23/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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It was the crime of the century in our community, and the horror of those days is never far from the surface in the South Shore towns where the families of Kelly Ann Tinyes and Robert Golub lived and worked and went to school.
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12/19/13
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