Statewide student cellphone ban coming to New York schools in 2026

New York is poised to become the largest state in the nation to ban student cellphone use for the entire school day, following an agreement by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature to include …

Glen Cove School Board Election 2024: Voters to choose between Leone, Huggins, and Miller and vote on $118.1M budget"

Glen Cove voters will head to the polls on May 20 to decide the fate of a proposed $118.1 million school budget and to elect two trustees to the Board of Education. The race has three candidates: …

Latinas connect and thrive at 100 Hispanic Women Empowerment event at Molloy University

Dozens of women gathered at Molloy University’s Public Square for an evening of connection and empowerment, hosted by 100 Hispanic Women. The event aimed to foster relationships and strengthen …

Digging deep to keep Glen Cove beautiful

Glen Cove came together on May 3 to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day. The day began at 9 a.m. at Danis Park, located at the corner of Town Path and Glen Street. The annual event is also held in …

Sea Cliff business owners, Suozzi speaks of impacts of Trump tariffs

Halloween may look very different this year for Fun World, a Carle Place-based costume company that has been in business since 1966...

Nassau County Capital Plan standoff jeopardizes fire and EMS Funding

Tensions boiled over on Monday as the Nassau County Legislature failed to pass County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s $426 million capital improvement plan, leaving critical infrastructure funding …

Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club celebrates its 75th birthday

For 75 years, the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club has provided a second home for children in Locust Valley and the surrounding communities. From its early days as a boys’ club focused on athletics to its evolution into a full-service youth development organization, the organization has been a cornerstone of community life.

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Rory Christian: Local voices matter, and the RAPID Act listens

If we’re serious about clean energy, grid reliability and energy security the RAPID Act is our path toward resiliency and sustainability.

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Adrienne Esposito: Companies that produce packing waste must recycle it

New York is experiencing a solid-waste crisis, with skyrocketing costs to municipalities, abysmal recycling rates, and plastic pollution littering our communities and waterways.

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Peter King: We must restore Musk’s cuts of the 9/11 health fund

During my years in Congress, no issue was more vital or intensely personal to me than ensuring that all of the surviving victims of the attacks of Sept. 11 receive the care they require and deserve for the illnesses caused by the toxins they breathed in at ground zero in the days, weeks and months afterward.

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Jerry Kremer: The new state budget is a victory for Hochul

Winners and losers are proclaimed extensively in politics, because politicians are tested on an almost daily basis.