Kids throughout the state will begin filing back into their classrooms next week. Most will return from the summer smells of s’mores and chlorine to the school smells of locker rooms and …
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Lee Landor
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9/1/10
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The fluctuating economy took school district funding on a roller coaster ride this year. Now, nearly four months after school budgets were approved, the ride is still going — but this time …
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Lee Landor and Alex Costello
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9/1/10
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Three recent graduates of the Cornwell Avenue Elementary School in West Hempstead, from left, Liam Brew, Joseph Di Miceli and Matthew Arasmo, were accepted into the Junior National Young Leaders …
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8/26/10
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It’s back-to-school time for many American boys and girls and countless other children throughout the world. That means it’s also time to get out school-supplies lists, get back in …
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Kat Teurfs
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8/25/10
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The West Hempstead school district announced that it's offering a reduced-price meal policy (free milk) for district children. School officials adopted …
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8/18/10
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They were really playing with fire.
The two 14-year-olds charged with starting a fire last week that damaged a West Hempstead elementary school set papers on fire and then threw an aerosol can …
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Lee Landor
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8/18/10
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They were really playing with fire.
The two 14-year-old teens who were charged with starting a fire on Monday that damaged a West Hempstead elementary school set papers --
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Lee Landor
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8/10/10
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York.
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8/5/10
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Test scores fell throughout New York and across Long Island after the State Education Department effectively raised the bar at all grade levels in an effort to better prepare students for higher …
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Lee Landor
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8/4/10
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After a one-year hiatus due to financial reasons, the Empire State Games made a triumphant return this summer with more than 4,500 athletes competing in the 32nd edition, held July 21-25 at various sites throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Amherst.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/4/10
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