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As pickleball gains popularity across Long Island, sports administrators are in discussions to try and add it to the varsity lineup. NewsdayTV's Michael Sicoli reports. 

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Andrew Marulis agreed to forfeit his New York State teaching license, according to a July 9 agreement. His name came up in the district's sexual misconduct investigation. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

'I was kind of a prime target'

High school students on Long Island are taking advantage of voluntary summer programs to learn new skills and subjects.

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Long Island has seen almost a 60% increase in the number of students who require English as a new language classes. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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The lawsuit argues the school district is responsible for one of the student's injuries and "mental anguish."

New lawsuit alleges negligence in fatal Farmingdale school bus band crash

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The Long Island medical school landed in the first tier for research, along with schools such as Yale and Vanderbilt.

Hofstra/Northwell med school ranked among top schools in nation for research

The Center Moriches United Methodist Church last month rededicated its 19th century graveyard with restored headstones and a new fence.

Boy Scout leads project to restore headstones at LI cemetery

The one-year presidency of the divided board will be split into two six-months segments, each governed by a faction. 

'Creative' compromise ends deadlock on Wyandanch school board's presidency

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Despite admitting to filling out thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination forms, former Amityville nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono did not report administering a childhood vaccine in New York for 17 years, records show.

New questions about nurse's fraudulent COVID vaccines

Josh Schultzer and Maggie Hua are this year's William Floyd valedictorian and salutatorian, two years after their older siblings achieved the same feat. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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Six Locust Valley High School seniors won a trip to Normandy to commemmorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. 

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The agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed, was announced as a jury arrived to hear opening arguments in the civil case in Riverhead.

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John and Alisa McMorris walked the stage at Shoreham-Wading River High School to accept an honorary diploma for their late son, Andrew McMorris, who would have graduated Friday with his classmates. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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This year's Juneteenth Jubliee in the Malverne school district will include expanded educational opportunities, along with a plethora of student artworks devoted to the holiday.

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Cadets at the USMMA reported a dozen incidents of sexual assault in the 2022-23 academic year, double the number from a year earlier.

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Under a new plan, high school students across the state would no longer need to pass traditional Regents exams in order to graduate. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford and Newsday education reporter John Hildebrand report..

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New vape detectors will be installed in Lindenhurst Middle School to help curb e-cigarette use. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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When war broke out in Anton Haskevych's home country of Ukraine, he made over 2,000 calls to American charities and churches for help. Receiving aid from Garden City's Cathedral of the Incarnation, he is set to graduate from Garden City High School.

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Newday's Gregg Sarra tells us about how rules for boys and girls participating in high school sports may change.

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