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The good, bad and ugly of a property-tax cap

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. more

8/5/10

Principal Susan Knors, far left, with the high school's ten highest-scoring students.

Baldwin names its Top Ten students of 2010

1. Michelle Evans — Valedictorian Michelle is an AP Scholar with Distinction and a member of the National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, TRI-M Honor Society, and the National … more

6/23/10

Calhoun Coach Joe Corea, second from right, led the Colts baseball team to its second Nassau County Class AA Championship in eight years. He is pictured during a recent playoff game against Carey High School.

'Gentleman Joe' does it again

Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972. more

Scott Brinton | 6/9/10

Interviewing Baldwin school board trustee-elect Kim Taylor

Kim Taylor will become the newest member of the Baldwin Board of Education on July 1. She will replace incumbent Carl Williams, who was voted out in the May 18 election.Taylor, 47, has lived in … more

Mike Russo | 6/2/10

David Schoen cast his votes during Tuesday's school board election and budget vote.

Baldwin budgets pass; Clark, Taylor elected

Baldwin residents approved their school district and library budgets on May 18. They also choose to keep incumbent school board trustee Mary Clark, but voted out Carl Williams and elected Kim Taylor. … more

Mike Russo | 5/18/10

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10

The Baldwin Herald endorses the Baldwin Public Library's 2010-11 budget proposal.

Vote 'yes' on Baldwin School District, Baldwin Public Library budgets

While many Long Island school districts have been forced to make deep program cuts and lay off teachers to counter the recession and a loss of state aid, the Baldwin School District has emerged … more

5/12/10

A final look at Baldwin's May 18 ballot

On May 18, Baldwin residents will go to the polls to cast their votes on the proposed school district and library budgets, and will choose from six school board candidates vying for two seats. An … more

Mike Russo | 5/12/10

Gov. David Paterson has proposed $25.78 million in state aid for Baldwin schools. But until the state budget is passed, school officials will not know exactly how much money they will receive.

Baldwin schools still waiting on state aid

The Baldwin Board of Education is used to playing a wait-and-see game when it comes to determining precisely how much state aid the district will receive, as lawmakers in Albany are notorious for … more

Mike Russo | 4/28/10

Heroin, a slave master that kills

Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria. more

4/23/10

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