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5 days ago | liherald.com | Juan Lasso

Valley Stream District 24 is planning a nearly $2 million increase in spending next school year — with a proposed $41.2 million budget that expands student services and security while keeping tax increases within state guidelines. On May 20, voters will weigh in not just on the core budget but also on capital upgrades and high school district initiatives that could shape the educational landscape across Valley Stream. 1. The Top Line: $41.2 Million.

5 days ago | liherald.com | Juan Lasso

For passengers on every Long Island Rail Road train bound for Penn Station, the final six minutes are a pitch-black journey below ground through one of four submerged tubes known as the East River Tunnels. Beginning Friday, Amtrak is scheduled to launch a $1.6 billion, three-year overhaul of two of the four tunnels most battered by Superstorm Sandy. Swamped by corrosive floodwater during the 2012 storm, the aging tubes are now structurally compromised.

5 days ago | liherald.com | Juan Lasso

Valley Stream residents danced under the stars last Saturday as the village celebrated its centennial with a moonlight dance party at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park — a festive and well-attended kickoff to a year of events marking 100 years of incorporation.

5 days ago | liherald.com | Juan Lasso

For businesses curious about the Valley Stream Central High School District internship program, contact Lori Rodriguez at (516) 872-5646 or send an email to [email protected]. Please feel free to join the Community Advisory Board meeting at 8:30 a.m. at 1 Kent Road, Valley Stream.

5 days ago | liherald.com | Juan Lasso

What was once a vacant patch of village-owned land near East Hawthorne Avenue is now teeming with promise—and eventually—plants. Last weekend, local officials and residents gathered to celebrate Valley Stream’s first public community garden, the result of a yearslong grassroots effort to build a greener, more self-reliant future in this increasingly connected suburban village. “It’s a place where community grows, quite literally,” said David Sabatino, one of the project’s earliest champions.