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Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students
Update: Bus Driver Fired After Allegedly Drinking Alcohol While Driving Long Island Students A school bus driver has been fired days after they were allegedly caught drinking alcohol while driving students home from a Long Island school. The alleged incident happened on a We Transport bus taking students home from Smithtown West High School on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A school district employee contacted officers at around 3:15 p.m. after someone snapped a picture showing an open alcoholic beverage on the bus. Earlier Report: Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Smithtown School “It was confirmed th…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Long Island School Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Long Island School
Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Long Island School Police are investigating reports that a bus driver was drinking alcohol while driving students home from a Long Island school. The alleged incident happened on a We Transport bus taking students home from Smithtown West High School on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A school district employee contacted officers at around 3:15 p.m. after someone snapped a picture showing an open alcoholic beverage on the bus. District Superintendent Mark Secaur later sent a message to parents saying they received a report of a bus driver drinking on the job. “It was confir…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'With A Heavy Heart': LI School District Hiring Armed Security Guards (Poll) 'With A Heavy Heart': LI School District Hiring Armed Security Guards (Poll)
'With A Heavy Heart': LI School District Hiring Armed Security Guards (Poll) Students and teachers in a Long Island school district will soon be protected by armed security guards. In a message to parents Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Smithtown Central School District announced that its Board of Education had begun searching for a security firm to add armed guards to all 12 of its schools. The guards will patrol the exterior perimeters and will not be posted inside the buildings. “While our security enhancements related to staffing, infrastructure, training, and operational protocols have evolved and improved over time, we have come to the stark realization that there is…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Long Island COVID-19 School Closures Long Island COVID-19 School Closures
Long Island Covid-19 School Closures The following are school and school district closures and schedule adjustments due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Babylon School District: Closed Monday, March 16 through Thursday, March, 19. Bellmore-Merrick School District: District will be closed March Monday, 16 and Tuesday, March 17. Commack School District: All schools will be closed for a revised spring recess from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27. Deer Park School District: Closed Monday, March 16. Elwood Union Free School District: Closed, Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20. G…

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by Daily Voice
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Long Island COVID-19 School Closures For Friday, March 13 Long Island COVID-19 School Closures For Friday, March 13
Long Island Covid-19 School Closures For Friday, March 13 The following are school and school district closures and schedule adjustments due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Brentwood Union Free School District: Closed Friday, March 13. Deer Park School District: Closed  Friday, March 13 and Monday, March 16. Franklin Square Union Free School District: Closed Friday, March 13 after a staff member at the Washington Street School awaiting results after taking COVID-19 test after a close relative tested positive. Friends Academy: Campus will remain closed through Friday, March 13; virtual school op…

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Antoinette 'Anne' Ercolano Of Nesconset, Aide For 35 Years In Smithtown Schools Antoinette 'Anne' Ercolano Of Nesconset, Aide For 35 Years In Smithtown Schools
Antoinette 'Anne' Ercolano Of Nesconset, Aide For 35 Years In Smithtown Schools A longtime Long Island school aide, Antoinette “Anne” Ercolano, of Nesconset, died Wednesday, July 17. Ercolano worked as a school aide in the Smithtown Central School District for more than 35 years, including at Great Hollow Middle School and Smithtown High Schools East and West. She was Brooklyn to Philomena (Ferrara) and Rocco Recce, Ercolano and educated at St. Thomas Aquinas School and the Brooklyn Manual Training High School.  In 1944, Ercolano enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve (Women’s Reserve), known as the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). She…

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by Donna Christopher