02.16.2017 Education Good news, bad news on educational finances There’s good and bad fiscal news out of a recent legislative breakfast held in the Longwood School District attended by state legislators and school officials, according to School Superintendent...
12.19.2016 Sports Junior Volleyball girls making great strides Junior high athletics are all about learning the basics of the sport, improving skills and having fun. Games are played giving equal playing time to all athletes. As girls...
06.24.2016 Education A tale of four teachers, graduating into retirement Shelter Island is losing four of its faculty members to retirement this month — a significant loss for any small school district to absorb. Math teacher Virginia Gibbs, Athletic...
04.25.2015 Columns Column: Let’s hear it for the boy Kids, by nature, are scorekeepers. Meaning they’re constantly comparing what they have — or more specifically, what they don’t have — with other kids, and keeping track. I know...
03.22.2015 Columns Eye on the ball: What to do? Write a column! I am finding that one of the things that comes with age is having the time to just sit around and think. As I sit here in Florida,...