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Fireworks are returning to Jones Beach this Fourth of July.

After a six-year hiatus, fireworks are returning to Jones Beach for the Fourth of July. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on May 26 the revival of the July 4th Fireworks Spectacular, bringing back the Long Island patriotic tradition last held at the state park in 2009. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/27/15

The West Bathhouse was repaired last year. The work will continue this year with an additional $10 million from the state.

$10 million for Jones Beach improvements

Jones Beach State Park will see $10 million in additional improvements this year, continuing to build on renovations and upgrades made at the park in 2014. Aesthetic and structural improvements will be made to the bathhouses; and a new outdoor facility will promote healthy, active outdoor recreation; and there will be additional infrastructure improvements. more

By Laura Schofer | 5/1/15

Let's start over with Common Core

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . . more

4/30/15

Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.

Parents, educators decry testing at forum

On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/15

Bellmore-Merrick teachers and parents who took part in Paint Merrick Road Red for Public Ed to voice their concerns about the state of public education in New York and raise public awareness of changes made to the system.

Teachers, parents knock Cuomo at Merrick Road rally

The bleats of car horns blared through the air in front of Levy Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick last Friday afternoon — but not because of traffic. Drivers were honking at more than 100 … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/6/15

Partly Cloudy Week is nothing to celebrate

Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo could not have picked a better time to reveal their views on work-related emails. Last week was the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week . . . more

3/26/15

Area teachers, from left, Melissa Cangelosi, Lauren Funaro, Dani Iadevaia Andria Karousis showed their feelings about the Common Core tests at an education forum at Levittown Hall in Hicksville on March 16.

Forum speakers say ‘opt-out’

They all had different ways to say it, but the message was clear: opt out of Common Core tests. Two teachers, two administrators and a parent told the more than 300 people at Levittown Hall in Hicksville that the only way to send a message to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to refuse to let their children take the third through eighth grade English language arts and math tests in April. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 3/25/15

Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing lawmakers to approve legislation to raise New York's age of juvenile jurisdiction in order to charge 16- and 17-year-old offenders as minors, instead of adults.

Cuomo pushes to ‘Raise the Age’

New York is one of two states in the country that automatically processes, prosecutes and incarcerates 16- and 17-year olds — regardless of the offense — as adults, a measure that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by a large number of advocacy groups, is pushing to change. more

By David Weingrad | 3/18/15

Dealing with sexual assault on campus

The numbers from the U.S. Justice Department are sobering: from 1995 to 2013, more than 10,000 women in college were raped. more

3/4/15

Making college campuses safer

Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forward a bill that would help combat sexual assault on college campuses across New York. The bill, part of the governor’s Enough is Enough initiative, would make all colleges in the state, which enroll some 1.2 million students, comply with initiatives the governor instituted at SUNY schools last year, including setting up a statewide definition of affirmative consent and creating a Bill of Rights for victims and survivors of sexual assault. more

By Alex Costello | 3/4/15

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