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First-week busing issues compelled Lawrence School District parents to air their complaints online.

Lawrence School District residents air their transportation grievances

Parents in the Lawrence School District “blew up” the Lawrence District 15 Residents Facebook page with comments and complaints on the transportation issues surrounding the first several says of school, specifically on the busing of the children who attend private schools in the Five Towns and other places. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/12/19

Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School Head of School, Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, center, said his school does not need oversight from the state on how to educate its students. To his left was State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller and in the back Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Five Towns officials oppose State Education Department private school guidelines

Outside of Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School in Lawrence on Aug. 29, several local Republican elected officials encouraged residents to make their thoughts known to the State Education Department for their proposed “Substantially Equivalent Instruction for Nonpublic School Students.” more

By Matthew Ferremi | 8/29/19

Woodmere resident Stephen Witt announced his retirement from the Nassau BOCES Board of Education in May after 23 years of service.

Woodmere resident Stephen Witt retires from Nassau BOCES Board of Education

A near 50-year career of volunteerism has ended for a longtime Woodmere resident as former Hewlett-Woodmere School District Board of Education Trustee Stephen Witt announced his retirement from the Nassau BOCES Board of Education in May after eight terms and 23 years of service. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 8/29/19

The Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere school districts said they have notified the parents of unvaccinated students of the new state vaccination law.

No vaccinations, no school, New York state law says

Religious exemptions for vaccinations for private and public schools across New York state are no longer, and children cannot attend school without the proper vaccinations after state lawmakers passed the new legislation in June... more

By Matthew Ferremi | 8/29/19

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, left, and Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin said that County Comptroller and former Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman, as well as Town Supervisor Laura Gillen's chief of staff, Jim LaCarrubba — Long Beach's former public works commissioner — received separation payments they were not entitled to when they ended their employment with the City of Long Beach.

Clavin calls on Nassau County comptroller to resign

Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin called on County Comptroller Jack Schnirman to resign on Tuesday amid an investigation into a “payout scandal” in Long Beach that Clavin … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 8/20/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute on July 29 to discuss journalism with participants.

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick, revealing truth, doing good

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Devin Johnson | 8/13/19

Lawrence Woodmere Academy graduate Jamila Thompson taught herself art at the age of 15 and is a two-time winner of the Roy Wilkins Art Exhibit.

Lawrence Woodmere Academy student succeeding inside the ‘epitome of creativity’

After self-teaching herself art only two years ago, 2019 Lawrence Woodmere Academy graduate Jamila Thompson is already an award-winning artist and has sold more than 30 pieces of her work. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 8/8/19

Y.Y. Polansky, left, and his younger brother, Tan, enjoyed their free food at the Peninsula Public Library on Monday.

Long Island Cares and Peninsula Public Library battle hunger

Hoping to combat hunger and the issues that accompany it, the Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence once again is teaming with Long Island Cares this summer to serve children 18 and under lunch in three locations. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 7/11/19

Rob Hampson, a hydraulic/coastal engineer with the Army Corps of Enginners, left, reviewed the Back Bays study with Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy.

‘Waiting for 2030 is unacceptable’

Nearly three years have passed, but the Nassau County Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study to examine, in part, if storm gates can be installed at the Jones and East Rockaway inlets, will require more time, according to Scott Sanderson, section chief of coastal planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District. more

By Nadya Nataly | 6/26/19

Getting degrees, earning honors

Jacqueline Manginelli and Natalie Weintraub, both Hewlett residents, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in feminist, gender and sexuality studies and government from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science degree in animal sciences from the University of Vermont, respectively. more

Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Frank Gargano | 6/20/19

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