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Green Chooses Delhi
Green led the Broncos this season and seemed to elevate the team every game he was in. He finished the season averaging 17 1/2 points per game making 35 three pointers and 55 free throws.
DEI and Equity Requirements Cause Years of Delay for $42.5 Billion Rural Internet Program
DEI and Equity Requirements Cause Years of Delay for $42.5 Billion Rural Internet Program
General Ulysses S. Grant and the Beginning of the End for Vicksburg
General Ulysses S. Grant
Officially Long Island's Hometown Team
The Long Island Ducks welcomed their 9 millionth fan, setting a league record. When five-year-old Ethan Oldham from Islip stepped through the gates at Fairfield Properties Ballpark on Tuesday history was made. He entered through the West Gate at 5:56 p.m. with his Mom, Katie; Dad, Craig; and baby brother, Nolan. When he set the mark Long Island became the first club in Atlantic League history to reach the milestone attendance figure despite having begun play in the league's third year of existence. The Ducks have always drawn well as the Island have embraced their hometown team even more so than anyone could have imagined. The Ducks are also currently the Atlantic League's all-time leader in sold out crowds with 707, have led the Atlantic League in attendance 17 times and currently lead the league in 2024 attendance as well.
New York Ditches Regents Diploma - Focus Now on "Equity"
The NYS Education Department (SED) plans to remove Regents exams as a high school graduation requirement replacing them with the 'Portrait of a Graduate' metric. An emphasis on equity will take the place of traditional learning benchmarks.
Pipeline Ruling Good News for New York
Ruling on a lawsuit brought by the environmental group Food & Water Watch, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had properly evaluated a plan to expand the pipeline.
Long Island Rail Road Crime Highest in 18 Years
Eliminate cash bail, defund the police, throw open the border to drugs and illegal aliens, and espouse an endless attack on law enforcement, and what will you get? Crime doubling on the Long Island Rail Road.
Dress For Success on Wheels
If you want to take advantage of the "Dress for Success" (DFS) Brookhaven program but have a hard time with transportation getting to Town Hall, you're in luck thanks to their new mobile unit.
Assemblyman DeStefano Joins "Coffee With a Cop"
Established almost twenty years ago in 2005, the Suffolk County Police Department Community Relations Bureau organizes the popular "Coffee With a Cop" program.
Suffolk County Waitresses: Stop Taxing Our Tips!
The vote-getting ploys are based on electoral demographics: Biden is looking to curry favor with the college-educated, while Trump wants to portray himself as a champion of the working class.
NY passes law to track credit card purchases by law-abiding gun owners
NY is set to further restrict law-abiding gun owners from the free exercise of the Second Amendment. At the end of the session, legislators passed a bill requiring credit card companies to use unique category codes for gun and ammunition purchases.
SCPD Honors Two Officers Who Lost Their Battles With Cancer
The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) Marine Bureau dedicated two vessels in the names of two beloved officers who lost battles with cancer.
WFHS Students Support Kids As They Bravely Battling Cancer
The William Floyd High School Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Donna Visone-O'Brien, participated in a service project this school year designed to bring hope and encouragement to children with cancer.
Bellport Students Visit Lady Liberty
Serving as a beacon of light to legal immigrants who eventually became United States citizens via Ellis Island, Bellport students saw firsthand the historic poem etched inside the Statue of Liberty, titled "The New Colossus:"
Earth's Temperature Extremes
While we may be feeling a little uncomfortable at present, the temperatures are not as bad as the 102° record measured on Long Island in 1999 or the state high of 108° at Troy in July of 1926. It's a good thing we're not in the appropriately named Death Valley in California, where the thermometer topped out at 134° in 1913, which, by the way, is the world record.
Heat Wave Swelters Northeast
A heat dome parked over the eastern U.S. is bringing temperatures well into the 90s for over 11 million Americans in 14 states. Long Island's sea breezes are keeping things a little cooler, with the thermometer in the high 80s as heat advisories and air quality alerts are in effect.
Families Suffer While Politicians Refuse to Reduce the Debt
A recent survey found that almost half of Americans consider themselves broke, while two-thirds consider themselves to be living paycheck to paycheck. Politicians would like to blame you and how you manage your personal finances.
Suffolk's Elite Honored
The award is named in memory of the legendary educator, official, and coach Gaetano "Butch" Dellecave. 16 school districts in Suffolk County have a partnership with the award organizers.
Biden Election Order Under Scrutiny
The Administration Committee has issued subpoenas to 15 agencies within the Biden administration to determine if an Executive Order he issued to engage them in the 2024 election is unconstitutional.
NY Courts Order the 'Parents Replacement Act' back on the ballot in November
The so-called 'Equal Rights Amendment' (ERA) will return to the NY ballot in November after being previously removed by the State Supreme Court.
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Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk
Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.
Plaintiffs Allege Unconstitutional Tax Practices Against Nassau County Over Frozen Assessments
The Town Supervisor for Babylon along with other local figures has initiated a lawsuit against Nassau County and several New York State entities over alleged unconstitutional tax practices resulting from frozen property assessments.
Debt collection agency and banks accused of deceptive practices in federal lawsuit
A federal lawsuit accuses a debt collection agency and several financial institutions of using deceptive practices to intimidate consumers.