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Chief Operating Officer Michael DeVito presented budget cuts requested by the Board of Education.

Those who attended Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting entered the middle school auditorium unsure of what the 2014-15 district budget’s final spending and tax levy numbers would be, even … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 4/10/14

The book, “American Arts,” which was due back more than 70 years ago, was recently returned to the Long Beach High School library.

Library book returned to LBHS 70 years later

Talk about overdue. The Long Beach High School library received an unusual package recently, when Amy Sue McPartlan returned a library book titled “American Arts,” by Rilla Evelyn Jackman, … more

By Rosemary Leonetti | 4/2/14

A tale of two schools, 3,000 miles apart

By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school. more

6/6/13

One way in which our society is unequal? Education.

Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus. more

4/25/13

Team members, coaches and board members of Friends of Port Rowing presented a $10,000 check to students and staff of Long Beach Public Schools to help the athletic department replace equipment and uniforms lost after Hurricane Sandy.

Rowing for Sandy relief

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Long Beach Public Schools athletic department was especially hard-hit, losing five of its six gymnasiums, as well as equipment and uniforms for most of its … more

By Rosemary Leonetti | 2/21/13

Come one, come all, to the fair!

The days are becoming noticeably shorter, and the air is gradually turning cooler. Children have returned from camp. Vacations spent at the beach or in the mountains are ending. more

8/23/12

Strong gas smell overwhelms South Shore

A pungent smell that overwhelmed parts of the South Shore Wednesday morning — that many feared was caused by a gas leak along Lido Blvd., delivering a “noxious” stench that led several nearby … more

By Vanessa Canner and Anthony Rifilato | 5/9/12

Long Beach remembers Father Donohoe

More than a thousand people turned out to say goodbye to Fr. Thomas E. Donohoe last week, a longtime pastor at St. Mary of the Isle Church in Long Beach, who died in Amityville on April 18 at … more

Anthony Rifilato | 4/25/12

New York school districts are beginning to take advantage of a law that passed over the summer to cut bus costs.

Schools cut bus costs, rev up savings

In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it. more

By Jackie Nash | 10/25/11

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