Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union (NEFCU) has announced the winners of its 2009 Funding Your Ideas (FYI) Teacher Grant program. A total of $13,028 was distributed in the form of grant awards to …
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2/18/10
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Fifth-grade students in Carol Wylie’s and Laurie Perri’s classes at McVey Elementary School finished up their unit on biography study by writing biographies about kids in another class – …
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2/18/10
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A year ago, 23-year-old William May lost his job managing a welding supply company in Westbury. So, the young father decided to join his wife, Kara, 21, as a student at Nassau Community College in Garden City.
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Scott Brinton
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2/16/10
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The Island Park Theatre Group, in concert with The Island Park Schools Recreation Department, will proudly present "On Broadway - A Musical Revue!" featuring local talent of all ages from all communities. Come and experience Broadway-style singing and dancing at a fraction of the cost -- and ten times the fun!
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Mary Malloy
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2/14/10
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A winter wonderland
[Photo gallery]
East Meadow kids went back to school on Friday for one more day before the scheduled winter break, after many decided to spend parts of their snow days at "Sled Hill" in Eisenhower Park's Parking …
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2/12/10
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The East Meadow School District has decided to close school again on Thursday because of the inclement weather.
The announcement was made on the district Web site on Wednesday night at 10:21 …
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Mike Caputo
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2/10/10
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Ross Greenfield, Jamie Zucker, Craig Berman and their colleagues were given two weeks to complete this task: implement an American fast-food country into an overseas country. …
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Mike Caputo
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2/10/10
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The East Meadow School District kept its current $175 million budget to a record-low increase in expenses from the previous year, and administrators hope to do the same, if not better, for the next …
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Mike Caputo
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2/3/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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Alex Calderon sat and watched attentively as a panel of blind and visually impaired adults talked about their transition from childhood. …
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Mike Caputo
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1/27/10
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