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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
New phone messaging system for Mount Sinai parents
SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | Superintendent Anthony Bonasera announced at Tuesday's school board meeting that the district will use a new messaging service this school year.
Mount Sinai School District is launching a new messaging service for the 2011-12 school year, superintendent Anthony Bonasera announced at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. Whenever a voice-recorded message is delivered to a family’s home, a text message will also be sent to district residents’ cell phones, alerting them of the voicemail. Voicemails can also be directly delivered to smart phones.
School organizations, like the PTA, can create lists through the service and send messages to specific residents.
“That’s an enormous communication tool,” board member Donna Compagnone said. Residents can choose to remove themselves from any lists by calling the district.
The new service will become active this weekend, when Dr. Bonasera will send out a message welcoming parents and students to the new school year. The first day of school for students will be Tuesday.
Dr. Bonasera also announced that all schools in the district escaped Tropical Storm Irene unscathed.
“We fared very well,” he said.
