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Jazmin Torres, an early-childhood educator at Anna House, played a guessing game with Brandon Zavala and Skarllette Garcia on a recent Thursday. Located at Belmont Park, Anna House is the only preschool at a U.S. horse track. Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald

Part two of an occasional series about the challenges that people face making ends meet in Nassau County. By 8 a.m. on July 3, many, if not most, of the 3- to 5-year-olds in Jazmin Torres and … more

By Scott Brinton | 7/30/14

Kennedy soccer players, from left, Leanna Rodriguez, Nicole Liotta and Franki Priore committed to playing college ball next fall during a signing ceremony at Kennedy on Feb. 5, which was National Signing Day.

Herald Video: Three Kennedy soccer stars sign with colleges

It was a celebratory scene as parents and well wishers circled around Kennedy High School soccer stars Nicole Liotta, Franki Priore and Leanna Rodriguez when they signed their letters of intent to play in college on Feb. 5. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/7/14

Protect the bays — fund the Bay Park pipe

Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility. more

6/6/13

It's long past time for action at the Bay Park plant

The effort to rebuild our communities after Hurricane Sandy’s devastation has not been without a sense of urgency, especially when it comes to reconstructing homes and critical infrastructure “stronger, smarter and safer.” more

1/31/13

Dr. Larry Swanson, of Stony Brook University, said that high levels of nitrogen in the South Shore’s bays could be fueling the growth of potentially devastating algae, which robs saltwater of oxygen when it rots, killing marine life.

Study: South Shore bays are polluted

Research conducted by Stony Brook University and a nonprofit research group indicates that the South Shore’s Western Bays are polluted, and state officials acknowledged that implementation of a yet-to-be designed plan for combating the problem may take more than a decade to carry out. more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/29/13

Kennedy High School seniors Samantha Asofsky, left, Luke Massaro and Brittany Mascaro were recently named semifinalists in the Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

There’s nothing junior about these Bellmore-Merrick scientists

For her senior thesis as part of Kennedy High School’s Authentic Science Research Program, 17-year-old Brittany Mascaro of Merrick wanted to answer what one would have thought would be an obvious … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/5/12

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