This year, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) celebrates its 108th birthday. Each year, when the local community remembers the founders of the National PTA, they remember more than a century of dedicated mothers, fathers, teachers and legislators who met a profound challenge: better the lives of children, Rosaleen Shea, co-president of the Floral Park-Bellerose PTA said. FULL STORY

Negotiations between the Incorporated Village of Floral Park and the CSEA, New York's leading union representing 105 employees working for Floral Park, including clerks, librarians, dispatchers, mechanics, cleaners, mechanical equipment operators and crossing guards, have reached a resounding stalemate and the union has declared an impasse over the dispute. FULL STORY