Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . . more

Chaz Murray, 54, grew up in Merrick bounding through the woods near his home. He became a Boy Scout and went on to camp in the wild. He moved away when he turned 24 and returned seven years ago. On Sunday, he said he was horrified to see the derelict state into which Merrick’s forests off the Meadowbrook Parkway have fallen. Murray, a New York City paramedic, was one of 52 volunteers who came to the woods between Sunrise Highway and Meadowbrook Road in Merrick to clean up debris that had washed from farther north into the forest via the Meadow Brook or had been strewn there by vandals. He said he learned about the cleanup by reading the Merrick Herald Life. more

Kendall and Ciro Frulio and daughters Olivia and Emma were living in a quaint home on Franklin Street in East Rockaway, within the village limits but blocks from the Bay Park border, when Hurricane … more

Adventure abounds when a mysterious nanny magically appears in Plaza Theatrical Productions staging of the family musical. more

It has been a little more than two months since Erin King Sweeney was appointed the new councilwoman in the Town of Hempstead’s 5th District, following the retirement of Angie Cullin. more

The East Meadow Jewish Center’s Sisterhood and Young Adult Division is honoring two North Bellmore boys by raising funds for worthy causes, with memories of their short lives in mind. The … more

One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of … more

The irrepressible redhead heroine is ready to charm young theatergoers in an adaptation of the popular musical. more

Morale was low among members of East Meadow’s American Legion Post 1082 last month. On Oct. 6, their hall, on Bellmore Road, was burglarized. A safe, storing $7,000 that the Legion intended to use to help local veterans and children, was stolen. more

It's harvest time at Long Island Children's Museum as it honors Native American traditions at a Cranberry Festival. more