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By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
A minibus driver was arrested on Monday for driving while impaired after backing into a tree during a field trip to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
By Vickie Moller October 18, 2012
For the past 16 years, Stony Brook University's Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) has been supporting new technologically-innovative companies by providing them with a variety of resources and services to improve their opportunity for ...
By Amy Gernon October 18, 2012
Kevin O'Connell, assistant to the superintendent of the Roosevelt School District, was arrested and charged with receiving child pornography at his home in Patchogue.
By Amy Gernon October 16, 2012
Robert Stundis was fired from Acme Bus Company on Friday, following his arrest on Wednesday for Driving while Ability Impaired.
By Amy Gernon October 08, 2012
Soil and air testing at two Bethpage schools shows presence of toxic chemicals, but air quality is still within state standards.
By Amy Gernon October 01, 2012
A report by the U.S. Department of Education shows a rise in student loan defaults in the first three years of repayment.
By Amy Gernon September 24, 2012
A report by the Department of Education finds that resegregation trends are on the rise nationwide.
By Amy Gernon September 17, 2012
Four Long Islanders were charged with hazing and serving alcohol to underage teammates at a hazing initiation event for SUNY Geneseo's volleyball team.
By Amy Gernon September 10, 2012
Timber Point Elementary School in East Islip, Cantiague Elementary School in Jericho, Mount Sinai Middle School in Mount Sinai and Syosset’s South Woods Middle School have been awarded the National Blue Ribbon.
By Amy Gernon September 03, 2012
The state Education Department has identified 21 schools on Long Island in need of improved academic performance, along with 67 schools now eligible to compete for grants.
By Amy Gernon August 27, 2012
A Sayville school custodian, Shawn Mead, has been charged with possession of child porn.
By Amy Gernon August 13, 2012
An anonymous donation of $10 million and matching funds from the Simon Foundation is making a Supercomputer Institute and further partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory a reality.
By Vickie Moller July 16, 2012
Suffolk County Community College is proposing a new 25,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Renewable Energy and STEM Center on its Brentwood campus, an aggressive initiative that makes the school a leader among Long Island's higher institutions working to ...
By Vickie Moller July 09, 2012
Early this year, the Long Island Community Foundation presented Deidra Parrish Williams, executive director of the NuHealth Foundation, a $50,000 grant to help support a childhood obesity initiative for middle school students in the Roosevelt ...
By Vickie Moller July 02, 2012
At a recent Smithtown Central School District Board of Education meeting, Jonathan Jacobs, a 2007 High School East graduate, introduced "Whisper", a unique iPhone application designed to provide up-to-date information to faculty, students, parents and ...
By Vickie Moller June 25, 2012
The Stony Brook University School of Journalism has launched a campaign to establish a Center for International Reporting in honor of Marie Colvin, the legendary correspondent and native Long Islander, who was killed in a ...
By Vickie Moller June 18, 2012
Sixth graders from the Setauket, Rocky Point, Shoreham and St. James school districts were among 6,000 eleven-year-olds selected from around the world to determine the best scientific explanation of a flame.
By Amy Gernon June 11, 2012
Summer reading programs help parents keep this young students on track academically during the long summer break from school and homework.
By Vickie Moller June 04, 2012
Jessica Barba, the 15-year-old Longwood High School Student who was suspended for the anti-bullying video she created and posted online, returned to school on May 25--with an apology and a promise that the suspension would ...
By Vickie Moller May 25, 2012
Southampton High School student Will Banks and West Hollow Middle School student Sarah Haiken are among ten teens that have been selected nationwide to be a part of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)'s first-ever National ...