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A group of Mad Science campers experimented with inertia. Students can register for this year’s camp at Washington Street School beginning on July 16.
Mad Scientists coming to Franklin Square
Find your goggles and lab coats. Chemical reactions, robotics and engineering camps are making an appearance this summer for elementary school students at Washington Street School (WSS). Mad … more
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Eighteenth-century poster announcing the sale of slaves.
Elmont Library offers rare view of presidency
“I hope it will not be conceived … that it is my wish to hold these unhappy people in slavery,” George Washington wrote to Arthur Young in December 1793, six years before his … more
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The perils of ‘make news’
Lots of attention these days is devoted to whether the news is real or fake. That often depends on the eyes and ears of the beholder. One person’s fake news is another person’s indisputable truth. more
Fifth- and sixth-grade social studies teachers in the Franklin Square Elementary School District took part in a review of their subject standards in a workshop on Aug. 31. In planning lessons, the teachers follow a blueprint in which they have students asking supporting questions and providing detailed responses, or evidence, as their answers.
Following a blueprint for student success
While Franklin Square elementary school students enjoyed their summer vacation, their teachers were busy preparing for the 2017-18 school year, and focused in particular on revising their social studies curriculum. During the break, a team of educators held several planning meetings to review and rewrite the curriculum. more
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Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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Charles Cook III, manager of fleet programs and technology for JetBlue Airways, demonstrated NextGen during a press event in March.
Air traffic control and privatization
President Trump endorsed a proposal on June 5 to privatize air-traffic control, an action that was opposed by a number of those who have voiced their frustration over the plane noise plaguing Long Island. more
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Social media mutes public outrage
The American Revolution might never have happened if social media had existed in the 1770s. George Washington might have vented his fury at the Brits on his Facebook page. more
Heroin overdoses in Malverne, Valley Stream lead to four arrests
A fatal heroin overdose in Malverne on Dec. 22, and a non-fatal overdose in Valley Stream the next day, led Nassau police to the arrest of four people for the sale and possession of heroin on Monday, Dec. 26 in Port Washington, Valley Stream and Woodside, Queens. more
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Jack Snodgrass had a strong first half for the Ducks with five wins and 80 strikeouts.
Long Island Ducks win 40, earn first-half title
It was a memorable first half of the Atlantic League baseball season for the Long Island Ducks, who after a sluggish 1-6 start clinched the Liberty Division title for a guaranteed playoff spot and set a single-game attendance record on consecutive nights. more
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Scott Brinton
Recalling L.I. before suburbia took hold
I grew up in Yaphank, a 14-square-mile hamlet in Suffolk County, virtually in the middle of Long Island. (The community to the north is, in fact, called Middle Island.) I remember . . . more
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