Roosevelt News

Students at Freeport and Roosevelt High Schools will get expanded choices of free college courses next fall, along with extra tutoring aimed at helping them pass, under a foundation-funded initiative announced Thursday afternoon by the State Education Department.

Contents of Astor's beloved estate will be auctioned. Two months after her son was convicted of looting her fortune, Brooke Astor 's beloved Holly Hill estate is empty and her possessions are in storage - and headed for the auction block.

The deadline of Jan. 1 is approaching for submitting new applications to the St.

All around town, night after night, we keep hearing the same thing: "Hotels are the new clubs." Of course, the right hotel has always attracted a crowd.

On the Monday after Thanksgiving, parents and 8th graders in public middle schools around the city put the final touches on their high school applications.

Police are getting little cooperation from two men stabbed Monday night. One has a civil rights lawsuit pending against city police, claiming abuse in a previous arrest.

Out Of Many, One? Long Island. 125 school districts. 132 fire districts. 340 town special districts.

Starting on Dec. 2 and running through January 2010, Adelphi University will have a display entitled "Global Passage: Selections from the Robert R. McMillan Panama Canal Collection." The materials were collected over the years and a direct result of my serving on the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Commission.

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi announced on Tuesday, Dec. 1 that he will not challenge the election between him and Republican opponent Ed Mangano, ensuring that Mangano will become the next Nassau County Executive next month.

Thomas Suozzi discusses the recount and his future Monday in Mineola. will concede electoral defeat to his Republican challenger Legis.

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi clears bottles from Meadow Creek in the Roosevelt Preserve as environmental and civic groups urged the state to pass the 'Bigger Bottle Bill' in Roosevelt.

Music Festival Returns to Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace American Landmark Festivals will present the Sonora Trio playing "Oeuvres Nouveaux" by six American composers at Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 28.

Shoppers walk in and around the holiday decorations at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City.

Please email your events for inclusion in the Roosevelt Island Calendar Email me! Let's keep these magnificent New York City Skyline and Waterfront Views at Southpoint Park Save Southpoint Park! As described by prominent art critic Thomas B. Hess, the Louis Kahn design is: ... the sort of political edifice that the Italian fascists loved and Speer ...

The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa.

James A. Roppo pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges. Roppo's failure to send out a Twitter message to disperse the hordes resulted in an officer and others receiving minor injuries.

DEBORAH S. MORRIS AND LAUREN CIOFFI. deborah.morris@newsday.com ,, lauren.cioffi@newsday.com Quick Summary A scheduled performance by teen sensation Justin Bieber at Roosevelt Field Mall had to be canceled after the crowd became too large.

Share + Comments Nov 17, 2009 9:58 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 This is what was left of an unmarked police care that was escorting Vide President Joe Biden's motorcade to a taping at the studios for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Nov.

Veterans Day ceremony: Wednesday, 11 a.m. Fountain Square at M&T Bank, intersection of routes 343/44 and 22.

The following posting is littered with television spoilers, so please avert your eyes if you're a 'Mad Men' fan who hasn't seen last night's season finale.