Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:00

By a 1263 to 789 margin, voters approved the Westbury School District budget for the 2012-13 school year. 
Dr. Pless Dickerson was re-elected 
and 
Mr. John E. Simpkins was elected

 to the board of education.  

Carle Place School District’s budget, with 713 votes in favor and 336 votes against, also passed. Joe LuCurto was elected to the board of education.

The East Meadow School District’s voters supported the upcoming school year budget with 2,033 votes in favor and 790 votes opposed. All three board of education incumbents were re-elected.

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

Post Avenue landmark to seat 700-plus for certain shows

The show must go on – and starting this fall, Westbury residents should have plenty of shows from which to choose.

With a nearly decade-long dream coming to fruition, developer Cyrus Hakakian of Roslyn and his partners plan to part the curtains for the multi-purpose Westbury Performing Arts Center sometime this fall.

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

Recently, members of the Carle Place women’s track and field team, the National Junior Honor Society and Girl Scout Troop 3096, as well as other community residents, helped promote Relay for Life by painting Carle Place purple. “Paint the Town Purple” is an initiative to spread the word about Relay for Life and pump up the community’s excitement since the event is only weeks away. 

Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

The W.T. Clarke High School varsity cheerleading team recently competed at the UCA Nationals at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The team consisted of seniors Michelle Hertzberg, Nicole Hertzberg, Colleen Aspenleiter and Erika Barello, juniors Fernanda Lizama and Amanda Cornell, sophomores Kassie LoDico, Gina Rose, Allyson Ballabat and Mychaela Gonzalez and freshmen Emily Bridgwood and Casey Weinberg. The team fundraised more than $10,000 toward the trip. Congratulations to the girls and their coach, Liz Lamac, on this great accomplishment.