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The Valley Stream Central High School District welcomed John Halligan to its schools last week to spread a powerful message about the dangers of bullying. His message wasn’t easy for everyone to hear, but it is a lesson that students need to learn.
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3/3/10
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million.
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2/25/10
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As Charles Wang and the Lighthouse Development Group tried to prove, silence can be deafening. Wang wanted the Town of Hempstead to give him an answer — yes or no. It appeared that the town carried the keys to his development dreams.
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2/18/10
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A resident physician at Stony Brook University Medical School recently got herself into trouble by posting an old photo of a former classmate giving two thumbs up next to a cadaver on Facebook.
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2/11/10
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Teenagers experiment. Their natural growth demands it. It’s the time of life to explore, test limits and seek fresh experiences. It’s the age when young people try to fit in with others, forming groups of peers for mutual support and socialization.
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2/4/10
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Unemployment is on the rise in Nassau County, the deficit is up, social services spending is constantly on the block awaiting an ax, taxes are driving everyone crazy ... and the new GOP majority has voted to give its presiding officer, the deputy presiding officer and the minority leader huge raises. Unbelievable.
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1/29/10
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In one early visit to the U.S., Albert Einstein, perhaps the greatest scientist in history, was subjected to a very public pop quiz devised by none other than American inventor Thomas Edison, according to author Walter Isaacson in “Einstein: His Life and Universe.”
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1/29/10
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Those interested in helping victims of the earthquake in Haiti may contact the following organizations:
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1/21/10
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School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black.
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1/21/10
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Gov. David Paterson made no friends in Albany with his State of the State address last week. In it he outlined a series of ethics and campaign reforms under what he called the Reform Albany Act — aimed primarily at what many say is a dysfunctional Legislature.
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1/14/10
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