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Terrence Batts conducting the Lawrence High School orchestra in 2015. He said he was kept out of Honors classes as a student in the 1960s and ’70s, despite his clear academic abilities. Many students of color, he said, are automatically placed in lower-track classes, without regard to what he calls “intellectual heft.”

Reshaping class discussion on race and culture

Part three in a series. The New York State Education Department launched a new statewide curriculum in May intended to root out implicit bias and racism in all its forms in the schools while affirming students’ “racial, linguistic and cultural identities.” more

By Jeff Bessen and Briana Bonfiglio | 10/17/19

Dr. Sarah Meyland, director of the New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Water Resources Management, recently spoke to Friends of the Bay about the dangers of new contaminants in Long Island’s groundwater.

Experts: L.I. drinking water is polluted

Dr. Sarah Meyland, the director of the New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Water Resources Management, appeared before the Friends of the Bay in Oyster Bay on Sept. 26, and Meyland told … more

By Mike Conn and Nakeem Grant | 10/17/19

Phil Kingsbury, of Wantagh, in 2017 on the Wantagh Parkway mixed-use path that leads to the Ocean Parkway Greenway. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the greenway.

Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension

The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the 2019 Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute to discuss journalism with participants.

Former Merokean Michael Otterman, searching for peace while covering conflict

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s 2019 Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Akinwale Agesin | 9/5/19

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, left, and Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin said that County Comptroller and former Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman, as well as Town Supervisor Laura Gillen's chief of staff, Jim LaCarrubba — Long Beach's former public works commissioner — received separation payments they were not entitled to when they ended their employment with the City of Long Beach.

Clavin calls on Nassau County comptroller to resign

Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin called on County Comptroller Jack Schnirman to resign on Tuesday amid an investigation into a “payout scandal” in Long Beach that Clavin … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 8/20/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute on July 29 to discuss journalism with participants.

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick, revealing truth, doing good

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Devin Johnson | 8/13/19

Thomas Gulotta was a former state assemblyman for the 13th District. In 1978, East Meadow residents Jess, left, and Charlie Bunshaft, 12 and 9, visited Gulotta at his office in the state capitol in Albany.

Former County Executive Tom Gulotta dies at 75

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta, of North Merrick, died on Sunday, Aug. 4. He was 75. Gulotta, a Republican, served as the county executive from 1987 to 2001. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/5/19

David Cornell, from Lynbrook, a Marine Corps veteran who fought in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait, had his hair cut by Will Torres, of Queens Village, a student at the Barber and Beauty Institute of New York.

Summer stand-down serves Nassau’s veterans

The Nassau County Veterans Service Agency’s annual summer Veteran Stand Down welcomed hundreds of Long Island vets on Tuesday in Freeport. The biannual event last took place in November, shortly … more

By Nadya Nataly | 7/15/19

Liver transplant patient George Conte, of Floral Park, consulted recently with Dr. David Bernstein, Northwell Health’s chief of hepatology, at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Conte received a new liver last August, at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Patients no longer need to leave Long Island for liver transplants now that Northwell offers them.

Liver transplant center is ‘a godsend’

George Conte reached the very high end of the Medical End-Stage Liver Disease scale last summer. The low end of the range is 6 — mild liver disease — and the upper end is 40 — near … more

By Scott Brinton | 7/11/19

Herald, RichnerLive teaming up to host Senior Expo in August

Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive will host a summer Senior Health & Beyond Expo on Thursday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Merrick Jewish Centre. This free event is dedicated … more

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