During a visit to Westbury High School on Monday, March 29, United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that a $497,500 federal appropriation has been secured to support the Comer School Reform Project, a joint, ongoing initiative between the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (LIU) and Westbury Public Schools. The funding will enable professors from the university's School of Education to continue working with Westbury faculty and administrators in an effort to bolster student academic achievement in literacy and language development at both the middle and high school levels. FULL STORY

As part of its celebration of Women's History Month, the Town of Hempstead honored nine residents at its annual Pathfinder Awards ceremony last week. Women were recognized in nine categories - arts and entertainment, business, community affairs, education, health services, high school senior, humanitarian, volunteer and town employee. FULL STORY