The Wantagh School District's $79.8 million budget passed by a vote of 1,486-487 on May 21.
Incumbent Board of Education Trustee Kera McLoughlin was returned with a total of 977 votes.
In the …
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By Timothy Denton
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5/30/19
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On Sunday, June 11, congregants, members of the community and elected officials attended the Fourteenth Annual Journal Celebration at Congregation Beth Tikvah (CBT) in Wantagh.
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7/12/23
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Bill Towey, a member of Wantagh High School’s class of 1994, was a modest man. After his death on June 6, his family wanted to honor him in a way that would emphasize his generosity, humility and integrity. They decided that a scholarship for high school students would be the perfect vehicle.
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By Alexandra Dieckmann
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12/13/01
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A team of six Herald editors and reporters –– Scott Brinton, Jeff Bessen, Alex Costello, Mary Malloy, Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky –– have taken second place for Community …
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4/16/14
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of the state of New York, approved a 15-day extension to its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, which allows eligible survivors from …
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8/30/13
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After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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As the nation and world turn the corner on what was one of the deadliest global pandemics to date, one thing hasn’t changed: Many U.S. veterans continue to need support, whether with food, housing, mental health services, or other needs.
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By Jordan Vallone and Mallory Wilson
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6/18/23
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Every year, the Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee honors the five heroic Seaford High School alumni that died on Sept. 11, 2001.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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6/18/23
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George Santos has become the first congressman to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives without first being convicted of a felony since the Civil War.
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By Laura Lane
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12/1/23
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