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West Hempstead breaks rejection streak
The Malverne school budget passed with flying colors, with 410 people — or just under 80 percent of the voters — in favor of it, and 107 voting against it. The budget is around $71.2 …
Girl Scouts celebrated Mother’s Day with a ‘par-tea’
Being a mother is a full-time job — and once a year, everyone takes a little extra time to say thank you. In celebration of Mother’s Day, the Girl Scouts of West Hempstead and Franklin …
Meet your Board of Education candidates
The West Hempstead school district is preparing for the upcoming Board of Education election next Tuesday, May 21. Two seats are contested — incumbents Kurt Rockensies, the vice president of …
School budget season brings new obstacles
The Malverne and West Hempstead school districts are gearing up for their budget and Board of Education votes next Tuesday. The spending plans for the 2024-25 school year are the first to grapple …
Honoring Jewish stories on Yom HaShoah
Shaaray Shalom hosts survivors’ testimony
Shirley Gottesman, 16, was forced to collect the shoes scattered across the crematorium floor in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She was alone — she didn’t know where her mother was. …
PHOTOS! Halls Pond cleanup was a 'walk in the park'
Spring cleaning isn’t just for your home — it’s for your community too. Neighbors across West Hempstead came together to give Halls Pond Park some much-deserved extra love. The …
Malverne FIRST robotics club is a well-oiled machine
They spend months building and programming a robot from scratch. They put their creation in a closed arena filled with enemy machines. And then it’s a robot fight to the death. No, it’s …
PHOTOS! Crossroads Farm kicks off 2024 growing season
Crossroad’s Farm is just one of those things that makes Malverne Malverne. People came from all over the Nassau this past Saturday, April 29, to celebrate the first day of the growing season.
Studying the arts, courtesy of Billy Joel
Students who have a passion for music have an opportunity to take their skills to the next level this summer at Boces’ Long Island High School for the Arts, or LIHSA for short. On top of that, students whose applications really impress may even get in for free.
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Finding our side of paradise
As a member of Gen Z, I know as well as anyone how the world views people my age.
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The state budget: lots of dollars, little sense
Nearly three weeks late, the $237 billion state budget presents a mix of positives and negatives. While it’s easy to find initiatives to support in such a large spending plan, inexplicably, there are areas where it falls short.
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Celebrating N.Y.’s investment in local journalism
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature delivered a beacon of hope for our communities by including in the state budget a groundbreaking initiative to support local news organizations in the form of a tax credit.
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We must secure our borders, reform immigration now
The Senate's promising bipartisan border deal was dismissed as "disastrous."