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At a Press conference on Sept. 16 promoting pet adoptions, Mike Timka, owner of Fun Stuff Toys in Seaford, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and Animal Shelter Director Mike Pastore showed off Bill Blasso who is up for adoption.

Pictures of pets in need of a good home are coming to a store near you. The Town of Hempstead has launched a new initiative, “Downtown Dogs (and Cats),” to increase adoptions at its animal shelter in Wantagh. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/24/14

Herald Editor Andrew Hackmack, left, intern Brian Stieglitz, center, and Senior Editor Scott Brinton recently cycled from Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa, to check out New York state’s new 3.6-mile, $3.8 million bicycle path on the Ocean Parkway.

Video: Biking the Ocean Parkway

I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me. It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/29/14

Francesca Fontaine, a volunteer with District 13’s summer SCOPE program, helped Kashal Rai, left, and Vito Scaglione with one of their projects.

District 13 schools abuzz this summer

For some children, summer is about sleeping late and hanging out in the air conditioning. That’s not the case for the hundreds of children who attend District 13’s summer recreation program, along with its other academic offerings during the two-month break from school. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/23/14

Denise Crescito was consoled outside of the courtroom on Monday after the driver who killed her husband was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

Drunk driver who killed Franklin Square father sentenced

A Valley Stream man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for causing a violent crash that killed a Franklin Square father of three last year. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/21/14

The Class of 2013 had a graduation rate of 94.8 percent, a number that has continued to climb every year. Above are South High School graduates last year.

Graduation rates on the rise in Valley Stream

Graduation rates are steadily rising in the Valley Stream Central High School District, according to figures recently released from the New York State Department of Education. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/10/14

Joseph DiSibio and Toni Pomerantz will take the reins of the District 13 board for the 2014-15 school year.

High school board shakeup

Nearly half of the Valley Stream Central High School District’s Board of Education seats will be filled by trustees who didn’t serve there last year. Following reorganization meetings for the three elementary districts on Monday, four of the nine seats will change hands for the 2014-15 school years. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/9/14

North High School’s class of 2014 is led by valedictorian Jeanette Freeman and salutatorian Michael Sanky. They were joined by Superintendent Dr. Bill Heidenreich.

Pair challenged each other to do their best

North High School’s top graduates say they would not be where they are without each other. A friendly academic rivalry developed over the years, and, when the dust settled, Jeanette Freeman, of Malverne, became the valedictorian of the class of 2014. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 6/5/14

Debra Evans, left, will be replaced on the District 13 Board of Education by Patricia Farrell.

Farrell ready to serve District 13

The District 13 Board of Education will have a new member come July, but it’s someone who is already a familiar face in the schools. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/28/14

Wheeler Avenue math specialist Kristen Lees worked with Jessica Lippold-Green on Monday. With the passing of the budget, District 13 can now add an additional part-time math specialist to help students with Common Core.

Valley Stream school budgets pass

Residents of Valley Stream’s four school districts approved their budgets on Tuesday night, and an incumbent Board of Education trustee in District 13 was defeated. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/20/14

Instructor Leah Bernstein helped Daniel Amin, a fourth-grader at the Willow Road School, and his mother, Savita, with their origami project at District 13’s Explorations Day on May 5.

After-school learning made fun

Students in District 13’s enrichment program got a reward for all their hard work this year — more time in school. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/14/14

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