The 2020 presidential election produced the highest voter turnout in American history. Both candidates received record numbers of votes. This was America at its best . . .
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3/25/21
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Election Day 2020 turned out to be a wild one.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/4/20
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Whether public school students will return to their classrooms in September is an open question, according to Dr. Robert Dillon, the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services superintendent, …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/12/20
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"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . .
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12/5/19
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John Johnson, a longtime Lynbrook resident and former Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander, died on Sept. 8 at age 68.
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By Mike Smollins
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10/24/19
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A crowd of parents and children sat in the East Meadow Public Library, eagerly waiting for the start of Saturday-morning Story Time. The guest reader was Bella Noche, whom many in Manhattan know as a “drag mermaid” for her nautical-themed outfits.
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6/7/19
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How can voter-rich Long Island maintain its political influence in a State Senate chamber that will have an overwhelming number of New York City legislators next year? It will be a challenge that the Senate’s new Democratic leadership will need to master . . .
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By Kyle Strober
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12/20/18
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The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country.
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8/30/18
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Elizabeth Johnson had an upbringing filled with hardships, but she is college-bound with the help of the Frank J. Becker Education Foundation Scholarship.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/12/18
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He is the boogeyman in our worst nightmares. Kim Jong-un, absolute ruler, Dear Leader and beloved father of North Korea, is the 30-something tyrant who inherited his seat of power . . .
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5/10/18
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