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North Shore High School students flooded the outer perimeter of the school today to participate in the National School Walkout event.

North Shore students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/18

Wantagh High School students expressed their solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Wednesday's walkout. The event was part of a national walkout that took place at 10 a.m.

Nassau students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/13/18

Strong women will not be silenced

When acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou described the makings of a great woman in her 1995 poem “Phenomenal Woman,” she wrote of a female spirit that . . . more

3/2/18

Claudia Borecky and the South Shore Women’s Caucus discussed how they could address gun violence.

South Shore Women's Caucus mulls gun violence solutions

The South Shore Women’s Caucus held a moment of silence for the 17 children killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., at the beginning of their Feb. 21 meeting at the Merrick Golf Club Clubhouse. “We cannot sit back and do nothing about this,” Claudia Borecky, caucus chairwoman, said. “We can’t let . . . [another] mother’s child die.” more

By Alexandra Ramey | 3/1/18

An estimated 200,000 women, men and children took to the streets of New York City for the 2018 Women's March, held Jan. 20, one year after President Trump was inaugurated.

Hundreds from Nassau take part in NYC Women's March

An estimated 200,000 men, women and children took to the streets of Manhattan for the second Women’s March, held on the first anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen, Melissa Koenig and Nakeem Grant | 1/21/18

Public corruption depends on civic apathy

People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . . more

9/22/17

Judy Goss, 49, of Merrick is the Chief Executive Officer of What Women Want, a female-oriented networking organization that will be holding its first national conference, Spirit of Women, from Oct. 7-8 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Merokean-owned company hosts its first national conference

What Women Want, a female-oriented networking organization with 20 chapters across the country, will be holding its first national conference, Spirit of Women, from Oct. 7-8 in Atlanta, Georgia. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/14/17

The governor takes aim at the gender pay gap

Over the past several decades, women have made tremendous strides in the workforce. Working mothers are now the single or primary source of income in 40 percent of . . . more

4/20/17

League of Women Voters to meet

The League of Women Voters of East Nassau's next meeting, will take place on April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown. The program is being co-sponsored by the library. more

4/12/17

Nancy Dwyer, 82, has been attending local rallies since 1999. She marks the date of each protest on a handheld drum and bangs it to grab the attention of passersby.

South Shore women get involved on Int'l Women's Day

Nassau County residents coalesced along Old Country Road in Carle Place in honor of International Women’s Day, known this year as A Day Without Women, on March 8. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 3/17/17