On Thursday, the Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning and Appeals heard an application by Omnipoint to build a 65-foot tower for cell antennas at 340 Dogwood Avenue. Some residents of Franklin Square aren't taking the application lying down. FULL STORY

In years past, student in the fourth grade and eighth grade would take standardized tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For the first time, students in grades three through eight took state standardized tests. The state recently released the scores for the English Language Arts test for grades 3-8. FULL STORY