Now that we’ve flipped the calendar, our local school officials will soon start getting into the nitty-gritty of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year.
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1/5/12
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For the last five years, William Signorile has attended almost every single monthly meeting of the West Hempstead Board of Education. In that time, the single father of two teens has seen what he …
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Lee Landor
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1/4/12
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To host the West Hempstead school district’s first community budget discussion of the year, administrators transformed the West Hempstead Middle School cafeteria into a café last week …
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Lee Landor
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12/7/11
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The West Hempstead Fire District was among nearly 500 fire departments throughout New York state that failed to file required tax cap data with the Office of the State Comptroller — but its …
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Lee Landor
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11/30/11
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By chance, I happened to notice that on Nov. 9, The Huffington Post reported that a potential Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a 2014 gubernatorial race, was defeated in his reelection bid for Erie County executive.
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Hal Peterson
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11/23/11
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As November begins to draw to a close the West Hempstead school district community is gearing up for budget talks. The first topic of discussion this year is the state’s recently imposed …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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11/23/11
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School-budget season is not yet upon us, but West Hempstead school district administrators are bringing it in early this year. They will hold the first “community budget conversation” on …
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Lee Landor
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11/9/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced the town’s proposed 2012 budget last Friday, heralding it as a spending plan that would freeze taxes at 2011 levels without making cuts in …
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Alex Costello
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10/5/11
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I have called on PBA President Jim Carver to stop his juvenile advertising campaign that is filled with scare tactics and half-truths.
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By Ed Mangano
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9/29/11
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This month we marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11. During and after the attacks, thousands of police and fire personnel responded to the scene regardless of whether they were working or not. They responded because that’s what we are all about. Our job is to help those in need.
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By Jim Carver
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9/29/11
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