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Serious pollution in the airspace above is being ignored

Today, everyone is conscious of pollution and its detrimental effects on our environment and health. The most common forms are water, air and plastic pollution, but there is another type . . . more

By Brian Curran | 9/14/23

The Glen Cove School District has several ways to report bullying incidents.

Tackling bullying at state, county, school levels

While classes are out of session for the summer, state and county officials have taken aim at bullying, an issue that affects 20 percent of students nationwide, according to a 2016 study by the … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 8/2/18

Many of Glen Cove high School's graduating seniors will be going to college next year. See the interactive to see where they're enrolling.

Where are Glen Cove's kids going to college?

The Herald Gazette sends our congratulations to the Glen Cove School District class of 2018! Many of the graduating students will be going off to college next year, and we wanted to explore exactly … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 6/14/18

State Education Department officials announced on Jan. 18 that ten Oceanside School No. 2 students may have been affected by a data breach. Oceanside school officials have responded.

Ten Oceanside students affected in NYSED vendor data breach

An unauthorized user may have had access to personal information of ten Oceanside School No. 2 students State Education Department officials said on Jan. 18. According to a news release, Questar … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/18/18

Local Chipotle branches were affected by a data breach between March and April, the company said in a release on Monday.

Local Chipotle branches affected by data breach

Customers at a number of Chipotle restaurant locations across the South Shore may have had their personal information compromised by a data breach earlier this year. more

By Erik Hawkins | 5/30/17

Schumer wants firefighter’s cancer rate database

Senator Charles Schumer proposed new legislation that would, for the first time ever: establish a specialized, voluntary national cancer registry to be managed by the Centers for Disease Control and … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/26/16

In preventing security breaches to their computer systems, hospitals employ an array of programs and policies to protect their hardware and software.

Hospitals seek to protect patient data

Invoices sent to 560 St. John’s Episcopal Hospital patients in July revealed their Social Security numbers in the window of the envelopes, a mistake officials said was made by a vendor. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/24/14

Merrick Road was the third deadliest road, with seven fatalities. Above, Merrick Road in Merrick

Once again, L.I. roads make deadliest list

Roughly 200 pedestrians were killed on Long Island streets from 2010 to 2012, according to “The Region’s Most Dangerous Roads for Walking,” a report produced by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a non-profit organization committed to decreasing pedestrian fatalities. Eighty-eight died on Nassau County streets. more

By Kimberly Charles | 5/15/14

Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in Rockville Centre and a frequent guest blogger for The Washington Post, recently in Merrick addressed about 60 parents from Nassau and Suffolk counties about federal and state changes to education.

Long Islanders lambaste education changes at Merrick forum

Some of the most well-known names in Long Island’s anti-Regents Reform Agenda movement were in Merrick recently, discussing their views on new curricula, standardized tests, an evaluation system for teachers and principals, and student data-collection practices that debuted last year in schools statewide. A roomful of anxious and angry parents from Nassau and Suffolk counties turned up on a cold night, looking for solutions to what they perceive as the woes afflicting their children’s classrooms. more

By Brian Racow | 1/27/14

Central Board of Education decries inBloom data mining

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education passed a resolution at its Jan. 8 meeting calling on the state not to send data on district students to InBloom or any other private third party. more

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