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(The Center Square) – Jobs data released Thursday shows New York gained private-sector jobs in May but not at the same rate as the rest of the country. Read more from OnSachem News.
Stacker compiled a list of the fastest-growing jobs in each state, using 2020 data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in March 2021. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — James Mancaruso, a member of the Sachem School Board of Education, has resigned after what the district superintendent described on Wednesday night as an “incident” at Sachem High School East in Farmingville. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – New York received a double dose of good economic news over the past two days. Read more from OnSachem News.
BAYPORT, NY — Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man in Bayport on Tuesday. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – New York reached the 70% threshold for COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift many of the emergency orders he initiated more than a year ago. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – A bill that transfers the cost of services for developmentally disabled infants and toddlers from public funds to health insurers now heads to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday an estimated $2.2 billion in federal food assistance for children in New York State that were unable to access free school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020-21 school year. Locally in the Sachem Central School District, grades 6-12 had hybrid learning between September and March or April, several schools had temporary full-time remote-only learning, students with confirmed or expected virus exposure were quarantined at home, and families opted to have remote-only learning all year. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – The New York Legislature ended its 2021 session early Friday morning on a whimper and not a bang, with some groups frustrated over what lawmakers failed to accomplish in the final days. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — The Sachem North Leos Club presents the annual Festival of Trees and Lights, and the event has been designed to be socially distant because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLTSVILLE, NY — Town of Brookhaven Highway Superintendent Daniel Losquadro announced several free safety programs being offered to town residents this month. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – The cost of New York's vaccine passport program appears to go far beyond the $2.5 million state officials announced in March, according to published reports. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Students in the Sachem Central School District had a single day to go mask-less if they wanted. Less than 24 hours after the district’s Board of Education held an emergency meeting on Sunday evening and voted to make facemasks optional as of on Monday, the students will once again be wearing their masks on Tuesday. Read more from OnSachem News.
BAYPORT, NY — Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man in Bayport on Tuesday. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLTSVILLE, NY — Town of Brookhaven Highway Superintendent Daniel Losquadro announced several free safety programs being offered to town residents this month. Read more from OnSachem News.
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(The Center Square) – Jobs data released Thursday shows New York gained private-sector jobs in May but not at the same rate as the rest of the country. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – New York received a double dose of good economic news over the past two days. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden unveiled a major gun regulation and crime prevention plan Wednesday as cities around the country struggle with rising violent crime. Read more.
(The Center Square) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, Harris' first trip there since illegal border crossings began spiking in January. Read more.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — James Mancaruso, a member of the Sachem School Board of Education, has resigned after what the district superintendent described on Wednesday night as an “incident” at Sachem High School East in Farmingville. Read more from OnSachem News.
(The Center Square) – A bill that transfers the cost of services for developmentally disabled infants and toddlers from public funds to health insurers now heads to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. Read more from OnSachem News.
Stacker compiled a list of the fastest-growing jobs in each state, using 2020 data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in March 2021. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — More than three-quarters of New Yorkers surveyed said they want the ability to order alcoholic beverages when they get takeout or delivery from a restaurant. Read more from OnSachem News.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Mandatory COVID-19 testing for high-risk high school sports is no longer required, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced as he detailed updated guidance from the Department of Health Services. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — The weather was nippy and skies cloudy, making the atmosphere perfectly festive for the very first polar bear plunge in Lake Ronkonkoma. Brave swimmers undaunted by the cold took a dip into the lake at noon on New Year’s Day to welcome 2021. Read more from OnSachem News.
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- Sachem board member resigns, Superintendent cites ‘incident’ at Sachem HS East
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- Man killed on Sunrise Highway Service Road in Bayport
- Cuomo ends many of New York's pandemic restrictions as state hits 70% vaccination rate
- New York lawmakers pass bill to require insurers to pay for services for developmentally disabled toddlers, infants
- Cuomo announces $2.2 billion in food assistance for school children in NYS
- New York legislative session ends with finger-pointing over missed opportunities
- Sachem HS North students to hold Car Show & Craft Fair this weekend
- Teen driver safety program and bicycle rodeo in Holtsville
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LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Sachem Schools recognized four outstanding students who were named valedictorians and salutatorians for the Class of 2021. Mackenzie Szlosek and Jayden Reilly are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, at Sachem High School East. Over at Sachem High School North, Erika Sneider and Hannah Saglimbeni are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLTSVILLE, NY — Deborah Stondell of Holtsville has been named a Woman of Distinction by the Suffolk County Legislature for Women’s History Month. Legislator Anthony Piccirillo, R-Holbrook, of the 8th District selected Stondell for the annual honor. Read more from OnSachem News.
ACROSS SACHEM, NY — The road conditions are treacherous around the entire Sachem area. OnSachem News traveled from Lake Ronkonkoma to Farmingville and then through Holtsville and Holbrook early Monday evening to observe road conditions. Broadcast live on Facebook, OnSachem News publisher Jim Green brought viewers a real-time look at the roads. Watch this OnSachem News video.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — The line stretched by the 100s – and even by more than a 1,000 – as voters turned out on Saturday for the first day of early voting at a polling place in Farmingville. Watch this OnSachem News video.
When hospital administrators and politicians’ spouses get immunized before people more at risk, it undermines confidence in the system. Read more from OnSachem News.
When, back in October, Gov. Cuomo rolled out his microcluster approach to COVID outbreaks — explaining the policy in an op-ed in these pages — he advertised it as a surgically precise tool, based entirely on data, that would reduce the virus spread by imposing restrictions on businesses and other activities in small geographic areas with rising cases, zeroing in on problems while preventing the need for larger, regional shutdowns. Read more from OnSachem News.