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Partly Cloudy BREAKING NEWS: F.S. budget approved, Lewinger wins seat, Toto reelected
Freeport school budget approved; Shuron Jackson, Maria Jordan-Awalom win school board seats
Capital reserve spending in Proposition 2 also approved
A heated race for two Freeport school board seats ended with the incumbent, current board president Maria Jordan-Awalom, winning her seat back, while the spot left vacant by exiting board member Gabriela Castillo went to 23-year-old Shuron Jackson. Meanwhile, both the school budget and a capital spending proposition passed handily.
Elmont budget passes, Jaime, Battle-Burkett, Cantara reelected
After polls closed in Elmont on Tuesday evening, the $227.4 budget for the 2022-2023 school year was passed.
Proposed Elmont budget would add full day pre-K, decrease taxes
$98.5M spending plan is 'fiscally responsible,' board VP says
The 2022-23 Elmont Union Free School District budget proposed by the Board of Education would introduce full-day pre-kindergarten in all district schools, and include a tax levy decrease of 0.07 percent, which would save the average resident $2.28 next school year, according to the district.
High school, library documenting the lives of Elmont students, residents
StoryCorps project brings community closer
To Wailin Gonzalez-Caminero, a senior at Elmont Memorial High School, making memories is the most important part of living. The memories of Elmont Memorial High School students and Elmont residents will soon be preserved through a project led by high school students, staff and the Elmont Memorial Library that will detail the life stories of students and community members as recounted in recorded conversations that will be published online through StoryCorps, the National Public Radio (NPR) show that documents shared personal experiences.
Murder charges against former F.S.-based physician reduced
A judge reduced on April 28 five counts of murder that were charged against former Franklin Square-based physician George Blatti, whose prescription of opioids and other medications led to the deaths of five individuals between 2016 and 2018, to charges of reckless homicide.
Franklin Square school district proposes budget
School taxes are expected to go tick up slightly if voters approve the adopted Franklin Square Union Free School District Board of Education budget next month.
Sewanhaka H.S. teacher faces charges for submitting alleged fake vaccine card
A teacher at Sewanhaka High School was indicted on charges today that allege she submitted a forged Covid-19 vaccination card to the high school in an effort to bypass the district's mandatory testing rules.
School board incumbent, newcomer candidate make case for election
With three seats on the Elmont Union Free School District Board of Education set to be contested at the district’s annual board of trustees election May 17, both incumbent and first-time candidates have started making their cases for election.
'This is our home’
Children participated in scavenger hunts and enjoyed Italian ices while adults took tours and watched technology demonstrations at the Franklin Square Public Library open house on April 24.
CRIME
Man brandishing knife at Valley Stream and Franklin Square border taken into custody
A video, appearing to show an unidentified man brandishing a knife at cars and harassing drivers on Franklin Avenue, was posted by a resident on the Valley Stream News and Views Facebook at about …
'Vaxmobile' makes stop at F.S. library
The “Vaxmobile,” a Covid-19 vaccine mobile unit that has roved the communities of Nassau County for more than a year administering vaccines to residents, stopped at the Franklin Square Public Library on Feb. 24.
Editorial
School board candidates should know the facts
After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .
Op-Ed
Elections are coming — make democracy work
Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
Randi Kreiss
Threat to choice has women on the march
Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.