East Rockaway High School senior Danny Quadrino, 18, is living his dream as an actor on Broadway. He has made his debut on the Big White Way in the revival of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie." He just filled in for the starring role of "Hugo" in this week's matinee performance. more

It’s a truism of politics: In times of economic collapse, hard-liners seek scapegoats to blame rather than bipartisan solutions to offer hope. more

More than 100 English as a Second Language students, parents, teachers and school administrators gathered last Wednesday for a Thanksgiving feast of turkey with all the trimmings, and side dishes from around the globe prepared by the young people. more

Free parking in Lawrence A motion was approved by the Mayor and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lawrence at a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12, which allows for free parking during the … more

Hewlett High School art teacher Ted Chereskin was presented with the Art Educator of the Year Award for Nassau County at the New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA) annual conference in Rye, N.Y. on Nov. 21. more

Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. more

The children at Lawrence Middle School enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving meal and took part in the school's annual Thanksgiving Dinner Dance on November 19. more

More than 1.5 million juniors in about 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) last year. Following a year-long wait, approximately 16,000 of those students were selected as National Merit semifinalists, with 899 from New York being recognized. more

As it turns out, we have a new Nassau County executive. Democrat Thomas Suozzi conceded defeat to Republican challenger Ed Mangano last week. Suozzi lost by a mere 386 votes. more

Talk about timeliness. Last week's column, "Responding to a Trio of Tragedies," was followed by three more incidents this week: a principal held hostage, resulting in his school going into lockdown; a 13-year-old boy committing suicide in the Bronx; and a report that two-thirds of all middle school students say they have been bullied. In each case, there was no outlet for rage. It is incumbent on us to prevent anger from escalating to that point. This week, I will examine a number of the anti-bullying programs that are proliferating in the schools, from the elementary to even the college levels. more