Education

By CaraLynn Caulfield The U.S. Department of Education has referred New York State’s Native American mascot ban to the U.S. Department of Justice for potential enforcement, after state education officials refused to rescind a policy […]

Suffolk County Police arrested a woman who allegedly posed with a spring-loaded imitation rifle in front of her former high school in Hauppauge. Ericka Rodriquez, 18, allegedly took a selfie of herself holding the imitation […]

PSEG Long Island has announced the winners of its sixth annual I Am EM-Powered Energy Conservation video public service announcement (PSA) contest. This year, the top 10 award-winning videos were created by 26 fourth– to […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Raheem Soto Commack will begin stationing armed guards at every school in the district starting this September. The decision follows a March 2025 vote by the Board of Education […]

By CaraLynn Caulfield The Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU), which represents more than 4,500 teaching and graduate assistants across State University of New York (SUNY) campuses, ratified a new three-year labor agreement. The announcement was […]

The Riverhead law firm Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo presented its Community Service Scholarships to Jillian Swiatocha and Maria Buelvas, two graduating high school seniors at Southampton High School, during the school’s Senior […]

The former director of facilities for the Lawrence Union Free School District (LUFSD)w and a co-conspirator were indicted for a more than $2 million scheme in which they allegedly used the director’s influence and knowledge […]

By Hank Russell U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Massapequa High School, home of the Massapequa Chiefs, on May 30 to announce that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has […]

By Hank Russell Despite warnings and litigation from the Board of Regents, the Massapequa School District will go on with its Chiefs logo and moniker and host a “Save the Chief” Festival Fundraiser on June […]

Shelter Island, Elwood Fall Short of 60% Approval to Pierce the Cap By Hank Russell May 20 was a big day for school districts across Long Island as almost all of them had their budgets […]