South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris has co-authored a letter, signed by two thirds of Long Island’s public school principals and a growing number of educators from across New York state, asking state education Commissioner John B. King Jr. and the Board of Regents to delay and change a new teacher evaluation plan that links educator ratings to student test scores. more

Friends and relatives joined Nicholas Peluso at the White Oak Nursing Home in Woodbury last month in celebration of his 100th birthday and 70th year with the West Hempstead Fire … more

No one can replace James “Jim” Callahan III, the late commissioner of the county Office of Emergency Management, described by county Executive Ed Mangano as a well-respected, “great … more

Police are looking for two or more men who pulled off two robberies — one at gunpoint — in Rockville Centre within an hour of each other early on Sept. 23. more

“Hostage negotiators responding. They request that you do not enter the room the hostage is in.” Lt. Christopher Romance of the Rockville Centre Police Department spoke with a calm authority as he relayed the message to his officers. “Suspect is a white male, he has two female hostages.” Six men, including Mayor Francis Murray and Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, stood outside Mercy Medical Center’s St. Anne’s building, taking careful note of what was going on in the hospital. Had the situation been real, there would likely have been a number of news helicopters overhead and significantly more officers present. more

In the name of the Rockville Centre Police Department, Richard Torykian Sr., a village resident and founding director and vice chairman of the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation (MCLEF), presented Jackie Califano, the widow of fallen Nassau County Police Officer Michael Califano, with a trust fund valued at $90,000 for her three children. more

Community activist Ralph Rose, a lifelong Baldwin resident, is challenging another local man, incumbent LeRoy Roberts, in the race for sanitation commissioner of District 2. more

A day after his 64th birthday, Rockville Centre Village Administrator Frank Quigley helped nab Gregory P. Schroeder, 40, of S. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, after seeing him trying to break into a van in Municipal Parking Field 23, near Clinton Avenue. more

Following through on a promise he made during his campaign, Mayor Francis Murray announced at the July 5 village board reorganization meeting that Rockville Centre police and auxiliary officers will not enforce parking meter violations in the downtown business area after 6 p.m. more

James Callahan’s death touched many lives, just as the late Malverne deputy mayor had done in life — a fact evidenced by the “overwhelming” support his family has received in … more