The Gotham Avenue School student council, under the direction of assistant principal Dennis Cowan and student council president Yesenia Salgado, raised enough money for one cleft surgery to help a needy child. They will continue to raise more money through the year. FULL STORY

Longtime Elmont School Board trustee Deanna Doreson resigned earlier this month after 17 years on the Elmont School Board and six years on the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education. Doreson felt it was time to leave and her struggles with other board members led to the decision. FULL STORY