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Let’s get L.I. resiliency projects going — now

Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy struck on a late-October night, Long Island communities are still rebuilding. Homes are up in the air . . . more

9/20/19

Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty and several elected officials called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend the back bays study to ward off potential damage from future storms on Sept. 4.

Officials push Army Corps on back bays study that impacts Oceanside, Island Park

Standing on the “Little Beach” in Island Park, which has eroded over the years, Sen. Chuck Schumer and local officials urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to approve a $6.1 million extension of the Nassau County Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Study on Sept. 4. more

By Mike Smollins | 9/12/19

Birth Justice Warriors fight for healthy moms and babies

In the modern world we live in, in the richest country in the world and in one of the wealthiest areas of that country, you’d think that Nassau County’s expectant and new mothers, along with their babies, would get the best care in the world. You’d be wrong. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 4/19/19

Black history is a story of migration

February is Black History Month, and African-American history is very much a story of migration. Between 1916 and 1970, 6 million black people left behind the shackles of the rural South and its … more

1/31/19

Students in Christine O’Neill’s Spanish class at Mepham High School in North Bellmore used virtual-reality technology to tour Machu Picchu, in Peru, on Dec. 7.

Traveling to Machu Picchu — from desks in a classroom

Part 6 of the “Educating the 21st Century Child” series. Students held the Google Cardboard virtual-reality glasses to their faces on a recent Thursday. “Let’s get ready to … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/3/18

State should rethink its local-diploma policy

Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more

8/3/17

Bob Cohen, attorney for the Island Park School District, gave an update on the E.F. Barrett Power Station at the Board of Education meeting on May 22.

I.P. district updates residents on Barrett plant’s future

“They’re not going to repower that plant,” Island Park Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino told a small group of residents at the district’s May 22 Board of Education meeting, referring to the Long Island Power Authority’s stance on modernizing the E.F. Barrett Power Station, which straddles Island Park and Oceanside. more

By Ben Strack | 6/1/17

Studies released by LIPA last month said that a proposed overhaul of Island Park’s E.F. Barrett Power Station would not be cost-effective. However, the plant will still operate.

LIPA report: Barrett plant overhaul not cost-effective

An overhaul of Island Park’s E.F. Barrett Power Station would not make economic sense, according to a report released last month by the Long Island Power Authority, as energy demand in the region declines. more

By Ben Strack | 5/4/17

Kendall Lampkin, from the Town of Hempstead, is one of four Nassau representatives on the Technical Advisory Committee.

Few Nassau voices on Port Authority’s plane noise committees

Next month, after a five-month hiatus from airplane noise, Runway 4L-22R at John F. Kennedy International Airport will reopen after undergoing an expansion to accommodate more and bigger planes — and, highly likely, bring more airplane noise to the area. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 8/26/15

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

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