Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Voters in Oceanside and Island Park on Tuesday approved their districts’ 2025–26 budgets, library propositions and school board contests, preserving all programs and services while remaining …
Valedictorian Madison Moore and salutatorian Shehreyar Ahmad — who have demonstrated unwavering dedication, academic excellence and a passion for personal growth — will lead Oceanside High …
The Oceanside School District has proposed a $186.7 million budget—precisely $186,704,215— for the 2025-2026 school year, representing a 2.93 percent increase from the previous year while …
Oceanside teens gathered at Chabad of Oceanside on May 6 to hear 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Zelda Polofsky share her story of survival, faith and resilience. Organized through the C-Teen program …
The Island Park School District has unveiled a proposed $45 million budget for the 2025-26 school year — an increase of roughly $667,000, or 1.51 percent, over the current spending plan. In a …
Dean Bacigalupo, a social studies teacher at Island Park’s Lincoln Orens Middle School and an adjunct professor at Hofstra University, has been named the 2025 Nassau County Middle School Social …
A Propel New York Energy Project virtual public hearing on April 30 revealed passionate support and significant concerns about the proposed 89.7-mile underground transmission line spanning multiple …
Mount Sinai South Nassau formally dedicated its newly renovated Fennessy Family Emergency Department at the hospital’s Oceanside campus on May 1, celebrating the completion of a five‑year, …
In an effort to bolster students’ social-emotional learning, the Oceanside School District has reached out to an internationally recognized consulting group to help implement Dialectical Behavior …
The Friedberg JCC celebrated five individuals on Sunday at Temple Avodah for their leadership,and the lasting impact they have had on the community. The JCC honored Fred Richman, Allan Carlton, …
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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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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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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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Winners and losers are proclaimed extensively in politics, because politicians are tested on an almost daily basis.