Although the bus drivers and matrons of Transport Workers Union Local 252 on Thursday morning continued their strike against Baumann Bus Company that began on Nov. 6, the union announced that it would provide bus service to schools in the affected districts.
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By Daine Taylor
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11/16/17
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The Rockville Centre Board of Education unanimously voted to terminate the school district’s contract with the Baumann Bus Company at a special meeting on Tuesday night, as bus drivers and matrons remained on strike for a second straight week.
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen and Ben Strack
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11/15/17
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Drivers for the Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company went on strike Monday at 5 p.m., which meant thousands of students in the Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville Centre school districts had to get themselves to school.
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By Scott Brinton and Ben Strack
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11/5/17
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Three school districts — Baldwin, Freeport, Rockville Centre issued warnings to parents of potential bus strikes by workers of the Baumann Bus Company. Though the bus company will pick up students …
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By Nadya Nataly
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11/2/17
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In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Rockville Centre’s Frank Colon Jr. was honored for his service as an Army veteran and his continued support of veterans’ organizations through the years at a Town of Hempstead ceremony on Sept. 19.
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By Ben Strack
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9/28/17
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The question is often asked of middle-school students in social studies classes: How does a bill become a law? Well, in New York, in too many cases, it doesn’t.
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7/13/17
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Performances/On Stage
Disco BallDisco-era favorites in concert, Thursday, June 22, 8 p.m. With the Village People, Rose Royce and The Trammps. $125, $99.50, $69.50, $49.50 and $39.50. NYCB Theatre …
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6/22/17
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The New York State Public Service Commission announced last week that it had lowered New York American Water Company’s requested rate increase, granting a first-year increase of $3.63 million — less than half of the $8.7 million requested by the company.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/25/17
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Outside, it might have been drizzly and cold, but inside spirits were running high among officials on Friday as they cut the ribbon on the new NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, revamped at a cost of $165 million in private funding by Forest City Ratner Companies. Billy Joel will open the remodeled Coliseum on April 5.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/31/17
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Exhibits and more...
Ansel Adams: Sight and FeelingAn exhibition of Adams’ photographs that demonstrates how his intuitive and emotional response to the landscape resulted in powerful and …
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2/22/17
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