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HAFTR students, from left, Laila Cohen, Olivia Weinrib, Sara Kranz and Julie Schecter with Woodmere resident Asher Matathias during the Names, Not Numbers project.

New York State Education Department proposes new private school rules

The New York State Education Department is continuing its push to have private schools — especially yeshivas that eschew secular education for more religious instruction — meet the state’s academic standards. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/24/22

Lawrence School District revenue rundown for the current and upcoming school years.

Lawrence school budget remains the same

Should you glance at the box that highlights the last five years of Lawrence school budgets you will see the identical figures for three years of budgets, four years of the tax levy and two years of the tax-cap increase. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/17/22

Shane Olivea who played for Lawrence is considered one of the best high school linemen in Nassau County football history.

Lawrence footballer Shane Olivea, dies at 40

Lawrence High School graduate, Shane Olivea, class of 2000, died on March 2. He was 40. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/10/22

Longtime Lawrence resident Howard Siskind died on Feb. 14. He served the village as a trustee and a Parks Commission chairman.

Lawrence resident Howard Siskind, 80, fashionable, charismatic

Longtime Lawrence resident Howard Siskind served as a village trustee, a Parks Commission chairman and a president of the Men’s Club at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club. He died on Feb. 14. He was 80. more

By Lisa Margaria | 3/10/22

The score will too often be 6-3 in the Supreme Court

We live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey . . . more

3/10/22

Redistricting is a process designed to fail

In chess, you can’t control the game unless you control the board. The same can be said about politics, and since the early days of the republic, state legislatures . . . more

2/24/22

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky won't seek re-election. The second Long Island Democrat to bow out in two days.

Kaminsky won’t run for re-election

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a veteran South Shore Democrat, announced Wednesday morning he will not seek re-election this fall. more

By James Bernstein | 2/16/22

No school district should overturn mask mandate

In his first week on the job, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman addressed the coronavirus pandemic in a way that can best be described as premature, if not downright foolhardy. more

1/13/22

Conservative politics could play into school elections

The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. more

By Alan Singer | 12/23/21

N.Y. enacts a mask mandate. That’s a good thing.

Last Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul reaffirmed a state mandate requiring mask use in public spaces such as stores and restaurants more

12/16/21

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