One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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The MacArthur High School marching band will soon have a snazzy new look. New uniforms were unveiled at the December Levittown Board of Education meeting, and are expected to debut in the spring.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/13/15
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Graduation rates locally topped 90 percent for the class of 2014, in data recently released by the New York State Education Department.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/7/15
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“This community has such a big heart,” Levittown Superintendent of Schools Dr. Tonie McDonald said as she looked around the board room at the district’s central offices on Dec. 16 and saw tables piled with gifts for needy families in the community.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/22/14
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Students absences have spiked this week at Lee Road Elementary School in North Wantagh, a result of several students coming down with the flu.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/17/14
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Local school districts will qualify for about $7.6 million in funding for technology and building upgrades, following voter approval of the Smart Schools Bond Act last month.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/17/14
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Exhibits and more...
China Then and NowThis exhibition brings together exemplary Chinese works of art from the classical, early modern and contemporary periods. It explores three millennia of one …
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11/26/14
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MacArthur High School track students and their parents say their confidence in Levittown School District leadership is shaken after new coaches were brought in for this year’s winter season.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/19/14
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If the National Football League’s indefinite suspension of Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice for his knock-out punch of his then fiancée, Janay Palmer, has any positive side, it’s the enhanced public awareness of domestic violence.
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9/18/14
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For the second straight month, transportation took center stage at the Levittown Board of Education meeting on Sept. 10. In addition to a follow-up on an August discussion about bus routes, concerns were also brought up about safety for students crossing Hempstead Turnpike.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/17/14
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