News blurbs and fliers announced that there would be “real jobs” available at East Meadow High School on Aug. …
more
Mike Caputo
|
9/2/10
|
Recently I’ve encountered a number of people in their 20s and 30s who are feeling afraid and stressed because they don’t yet know what they want to “do” or “be” in life. Some have finished college with no idea of what to do next.
more
Randi Kreiss
|
8/26/10
|
Behind the purple sign and the boutique feel of Plum, a resale shop that opened in May, is a purpose. All profits go to several charities with programs designed to help both children and adults in a variety of situations.
more
Teri-Ann Loeser
|
7/28/10
|
My father served as a union president — a teachers union president — in Suffolk County nearly four decades ago, in the days when educators like him were given little respect, and even lower wages.
more
Scott Brinton
|
6/3/10
|
Last week, freshman Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano laid it on the line for county residents. He told us that the county is facing a $286 million deficit, the largest in its history.
more
Al D'Amato
|
5/6/10
|
I was a teacher for years, so I know firsthand the challenges of the classroom, and I continue to be in awe of those who inspire the children they teach and honor the profession they have chosen.
more
Randi Kreiss
|
4/30/10
|
The state of New York’s economy is precarious. Battered by a recession that saw Wall Street implode — and tens of thousands of workers in the finance industry laid off — the Empire State has been hurting since mid-2008, if not before.
more
3/10/10
|
Jets head coach Rex Ryan, the Big Apple’s newest favorite son, gave a bunch of rowdy Dolphins fans the finger after they heckled him in a Miami bar. The Jets fined Ryan $50,000.
more
Al D'Amato
|
2/11/10
|
In recent months, critics of the Obama administration have lambasted the president’s $787 billion stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed in February. Sure, they say, the stock market is soaring and the real-estate market is steadily climbing. But America is still shedding jobs. Ergo, the stimulus must have failed.
more
Scott Brinton
|
12/10/09
|
Nationally, the unemployment rate remains below 10 percent — thank goodness. But among 16- to 24-year-olds, unemployment hit an astonishing 18.5 percent in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
more
9/17/09
|