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Blasted by the snow, again
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million.
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2/25/10
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After his review of all schools districts and BOCES in New York, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cited several districts for having excess funds in its Employee Benefit Accrued Liability funds.
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Matthew Hampton and Andrew Hackmack
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2/24/10
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Carole Anne Gravert loves to learn about space. The Willow Road School librarian visited NASA in 2000 and spent six weeks at the Langley Air Force Base in Virginia through the Aerospace Educators Workshop.
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Andrew Hackmack
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2/24/10
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With state school aid still a question, recent 2010-11 budget talks for local elementary districts have hardly been easy. Like other districts across the state, the Franklin Square and Elmont elementary districts are having to make some tough decisions, including facing the possibility of increasing class size by cutting teachers.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/18/10
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A year ago, 23-year-old William May lost his job managing a welding supply company in Westbury. So, the young father decided to join his wife, Kara, 21, as a student at Nassau Community College in Garden City.
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Scott Brinton
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2/16/10
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The Island Park Theatre Group, in concert with The Island Park Schools Recreation Department, will proudly present "On Broadway - A Musical Revue!" featuring local talent of all ages from all communities. Come and experience Broadway-style singing and dancing at a fraction of the cost -- and ten times the fun!
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Mary Malloy
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2/14/10
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Administrative leaders and Board of Education trustees took a red pen to early budget plans at a district-wide meeting Feb. 2 in the hope of finding a way to reconcile cuts of more than $3 million in state school aid for the coming year.
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by Matthew Hampton
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2/10/10
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As the reality of the likely state school-aid numbers starts to set in, local leaders and school administrators are worried about what the future holds if the financial situation gets much worse for education funding.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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Franklin Square native and astronaut Mike Massimino, one of a crew of specialists who were launched into space last year to repair the Hubble Space Observatory, stepped into his former school on Jan. 29 to give kids an up-close look at outer space.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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