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Police Continue To Speculate Over Adam Lanza's Motives

By Robert OttoneDecember 15, 2012
As a bit more information comes to light, police continue to speculate over Adam Lanza's motives.

Unnamed Shooter Guns Down Dozens in CT Elementary School

By Cait RussellDecember 14, 2012
An unknown shooter has killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary, in Newtown, CT - including 18 young students.

Wading River High School Senior Earns Perfect Score on ACT Test

By Vickie MollerDecember 14, 2012
Each year, out of the 1.57 million students who take the ACT Test, a national college admission and placement examination, less than ...

Sen. LaValle's 2012 College Affordability Bill to be Reintroduced...

By Vickie MollerDecember 11, 2012
Last June, the New York State Senate passed the 2012 College Affordability Plan, legislation sponsored by Senator Kenneth P. LaValle to help ...

Stony Brook University Technologies May Offer Answers to Storm...

By Vickie MollerDecember 06, 2012
New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaWalle, Chairman of the New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education said that technologies being ...

Hewlett HS Seniors Win 2012 Siemens Contest

By Lyndsay McCabeDecember 06, 2012
Three seniors have won the grand prize of $100,000 for research of a plant protein that could be used to fight cancer.

Hofstra University Among Nation's Leading Green Power Purchasers

By Vickie MollerDecember 04, 2012
As part of its partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, Hofstra University announced that it has increased its ...

Superstorm Sandy Destroyed the February Break

By Debbi SpiegelNovember 30, 2012
Superstorm Sandy devastated so much of our Island. Now we can add the February break to the list.

BYOD: A Highly Polarized Educational Topic

By Vickie MollerNovember 29, 2012
Last month, the Western Suffolk BOCES, the Nassau BOCES and the Eastern Suffolk BOCES, in partnership with NYSCATE, hosted Long Island Tech ...

New Principal Has Big Plans For Riverhead Charter School

By Vickie MollerNovember 27, 2012
Raymond Ankrum, the new executive director and principal of the Riverhead Charter School, wants to take the school to new levels--literally.
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