Wantagh High School senior Jennifer Rosen admitted her Advanced Placement Research paper on the “Karen” meme trend was a little unconventional, but she found the topic fascinating. So did …
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2/3/22
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After its 14-point, second-half lead at Wantagh slowly disappeared Jan. 19 and was down to one with just under six minutes remaining in regulation, longtime Seaford head coach Ralph Rossetti chose to …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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1/26/22
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I have been blessed to raise my hand and pledge to serve my community as an elected official many times over the past 16 years. However, last Monday was the first — and hopefully, last — time that I will take the oath of office in my living room.
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By Debra Mulé
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1/20/22
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Despite not having a full squad for much of the season, the MacArthur girls’ basketball squad has already clinched a playoff berth after a hot start to league play. MacArthur captured its …
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By Andrew Coen
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1/18/22
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With the game on the line, Madison Taylor took over to propel the Wantagh girls’ basketball team to a come-from-behind conference win against neighborhood rival Seaford.
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By Andrew Coen
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1/10/22
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Coming off a Nassau Class AA boys’ basketball championship in the 2019-2020 campaign, Baldwin played just four games last winter after it was forced to quarantine following a Covid outbreak on …
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1/5/22
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The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.
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By Alan Singer
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12/23/21
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In recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools.
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12/2/21
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I recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived.
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By Elaine Gross
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11/18/21
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You cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created.
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11/18/21
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