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Jayne Chen, from left, Michael Bailey and Nsikak Ekong were among the 10 participants in Hofstra University’s recent High School Summer Journalism Institute. Together, they put final touches on the news stories that had to write for the program.

Hofstra Institute helps shape young journalists

Eight Nassau County high school students and two 2016 graduates recently invested two weeks of their summer vacations learning to craft news leads, shoot photos, edit videos and build their own WordPress blogs at Hofstra University’s High School Summer Journalism Institute. more

By Nakeem Grant | 7/21/16

Keep troops safe with a strong, savvy leader

A shocking front-page story in last Friday’s New York Times caught my eye. Its title was, “Experts Find Flaws in Trump Plan for Wall.” That seemed the understatement of the year. more

5/26/16

Connie Roberts, of Merrick, who lived for a time in Bellmore, recently published her first poetry collection, “Little Witness,” to much acclaim. It describes a harrowing childhood at one of Ireland’s notorious industrial schools.

Poetry reveals a child’s torment

Each night as a child, Connie Roberts stroked her white plastic rosary beads, recited her prayers and curled up in her comfortless bed at the Mount Carmel Industrial School for Girls, in Ireland’s Midlands region. She often heard screams echo through the cavernous institution. Now 52, Roberts can still hear them in her head. They were, she said, “the worst.” more

By Scott Brinton | 7/22/15

The New York Times is reporting that Dean Skelos, second from right, and his son Adam, left, are the subject of a federal investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Skelos and his son are pictured here at Skelos's swearing-in on Jan. 7, along with Skelos's wife, Gail, and his brother, Peter Skelos, himself a New York Supreme Court Judge

Skelos, son focus of federal inquiry

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the targets of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times. more

By Alex Costello | 4/22/15

NY Times claims Skelos is focus of federal investigation

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are the sources of a federal criminal inquiry, according to sources cited by the New York Times. According to the Times, which published an article late Wednesday … more

By Alex Costello | 4/15/15

Lawrence High’s graduation rate has risen, and officials credit a variety of programs with smaller class sizes that seek to help at-risk students.

Lawrence High School’s graduation rate rises

Though considered a wealthy school district by New York State’s standards, Lawrence has a 70 percent poverty rate based on the number of students receiving free and reduced lunch, and the highest dropout rate — 2.6 percent — of the four wealthiest Long Island districts listed by the state. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/28/15

Writers' personal lives? Nobody's business.

Last month, many readers of The New York Times were outraged to learn that columnist David Brooks’s son is serving with the Israel Defense Forces. more

10/29/14

Ray Rice's behavior offers a teachable moment

If the National Football League’s indefinite suspension of Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice for his knock-out punch of his then fiancée, Janay Palmer, has any positive side, it’s the enhanced public awareness of domestic violence. more

9/18/14

Journalists have become targets of jihadists

The number of foreign correspondents has plummeted in the past 10 years, and most overseas news bureaus have either shrunk or shuttered their offices. more

9/11/14

Governor Perry is no ham sandwich

Sol Wachtler, a lawyer and a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, once said (and I’m paraphrasing) that prosecutors, with whom he had much day-to-day interaction, have so much control over juries that they could “indict a ham sandwich.” more

9/4/14

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