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PTA's Common Core moratorium is right way to go

New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year. more

11/21/13

W.H. district receives state grant for professional development

On Oct. 14, the West Hempstead School District acquired a $270,000 two-year grant from the New York State Education Department to extend the administrative reach of its educators for the sake of … more

By Emily Webb | 10/30/13

Linda Oliva has dedicated her 20-year career, and her work in several service organizations, to raising patient awareness of medical negligence cases.

Oliva named top woman in business

Long Island Business News recently named Linda Oliva, 49, a medical malpractice attorney and a West Hempstead resident for the past 13 years, one of Long Island’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in … more

By Emily Webb | 10/23/13

The best weapon against breast cancer is awareness

Breast cancer victims are our mothers, our sisters, our friends and, yes, sometimes our fathers and brothers. more

10/17/13

Despite Cuomo's help, a law still needs to be changed

Many South Shore homeowners are breathing easier thanks to Governor Cuomo’s decision last week to use money from the N.Y. State Housing Recovery Program to compensate those whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Sandy, but whose flood insurance claims were rejected by FEMA because the damage had been caused by “earth movement” rather than directly by floodwaters. more

10/10/13

The $700 million come-a-long

Why did your school-age children have to suffer through ten hours of tests and possibly the humiliation of doing badly on those tests? So that New York State could get more $700 million from the … more

By Howard Schwach | 9/17/13

Griffith, right, with lifelong friend and Oceanside resident Ron Ross as they saluted the crowd at the International Boxing Hall of Fame Parade in 2007.

A fighter, in and out of the ring

Six-time world boxing champion Emile Griffith — who captured both professional welterweight and middleweight boxing titles and saw plenty of adversity over the course of a 20-year career — died … more

By Emily Webb | 8/6/13

Reacting to an increase in scandals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo created an ethics panel on July 2. The group will focus on corruption in the State Legislature.

Cuomo appoints ethics commission

Reacting to a recent rash of scandals in the State Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of a special commission to investigate corruption at a press conference at Hofstra University … more

By Emily Webb and John Maher | 7/10/13

Bill aims to fix ‘pay-to-play’ contracts

Lisa Tyson, the Long Island Progressive Coalition’s director, has suggested a number of reforms to limit campaign contributions to elected leaders from companies that do business with the government. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 6/13/13

Why bother governing when you can hunt for scandals?

There are all kinds of words that come to mind when we talk about our federal government and how it functions. more

6/6/13

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