May 6, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion

School budgets, and students, need to be leaner

Dear Editor: School budget cuts causing loss of school buses may help cure childhood obesity if the kids do like we did back in the day: walk or ride a bicycle to and from school. Wow, what a concept... saves money and is very healthy too! More...

Editorial:

Charter Schools are a brace against poor performing schools

Some say the passage of a bill in the New York State Senate to double the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in New York from 200 to 460 is a poke in the eye to the New York Teachers Union. More...

Local governments go where Washington fears to tread

The nation’s toughest bill on illegal immigration signed into law last week by Arizona Governor Gov. Jan Brewer has raised considerable controversy and many questions. We think that’s great. More...

Babylon’s fountain is a luxury we can’t afford

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Poll

The DEC plans to mitigate the water contamination from the plume heading into our area from Grumman in Bethpage by filtering it at the well site; the balance will go into waterways and the Great South Bay untreated. Do you agree with the DEC’s plan?