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Assembly Republicans held a town hall meeting on April 29 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Hicksville calling on voters to call for a New York State Constitutional Convention next year. … more
South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris was selected as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). She will be honored for her accomplishments at an awards ceremony on May 7 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. more
The spring issue of “The Village Green” was just issued by the village. One might feel it was written for or by our local state representatives. Their names appeared on essentially every page. They were able to get back some of our tax money sent to Albany. They were lauded for this. more
Robert L. (Bob) Sympson is a tree hugger in every sense of the word. He is an untiring advocate of trees, planting them, studying them, educating the community about them. It’s no wonder that he has been named the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s 2010 Lawrence Enersen Award for his lifelong conservation efforts. more
Elected officials, fires officials, school principals, librarians, and community members met up at Levy-Lakeside Friday morning for the school;s annual Community Read In. They came to read special books to classes and discussed what they do in their work. Among the participants were Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. more
They line up every day inside an off-white office resembling a trailer across the street from the Long Beach Medical Center: two neat rows of average-looking people, waiting patiently, as if they are there to buy a cup of coffee from the local deli. But they are there to save their lives. more
A year ago, Long Island legislators dismissed Albany as the home of a government not of the people, but of “three men in a room.” And that wasn’t the first time that criticism was leveled; it’s been a perennial complaint. But now we’re lucky if we can get that many in a room, and even luckier if we know which three they are. more
The wagon used by Rockville Centre resident Edna Buckman Kearns, a women’s suffragist who was active from 1912 through 1920 in the New York State and national campaigns to get women the vote, is … more
What must the Long Beach Civil Service Commission do to finally straighten out its operations after being rated among the worst government-employment organizations in the state for decades? … more
Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing. more
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