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Vickie Moller is a professional freelance writer and a regular contributor to LongIsland.com. Her focus is on Long Island’s schools and creating informative directories based on themes and events around the Island. She also contributes stories from personal interviews with Long Island professionals and newsmakers. With a tremendous respect for the power of the written word, Vickie works hard to serve her readers with accurate, timely and comprehensive news and information.
Vickie can be reached at VickieM@longisland.com
By Vickie Moller June 27, 2013
In efforts to build New York's economy and to create jobs, the New York State Senate passed legislation to launch START-UP NY, an initiative that would create tax-free areas around colleges, universities and other designated ...
By Vickie Moller June 25, 2013
Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I-Holbrook) and Senator Lee Zeldin (R,C,I-Shirley) have partnered to institute education reform in New York's schools by amending the education law.
By Vickie Moller June 21, 2013
FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft for surveillance on U.S. soil in "certain difficult cases."
By Vickie Moller June 18, 2013
Last month, proposed 2013-14 spending plans in six Long Island school districts were rejected by voters, and today residents are heading back to the polls to recast their votes.
By Vickie Moller June 13, 2013
Former Long Beach City Councilman Michael Fagen was sentenced to 30 days in jail Tuesday in Nassau County Court in Mineola following his conviction by a jury in February for falsely filing for thousands of ...
By Vickie Moller June 11, 2013
In a recent communication to Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Barbara Boxer (D-C.A.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-C.A.), the Long Island Association, once again, stood in the gap for the interests of Long Islanders ...
By Vickie Moller June 07, 2013
This Saturday, Nassau County will host the 145th running of the Stakes at Belmont Park.
By Vickie Moller June 04, 2013
The topic of BYOD-Bring Your Own Device is gaining momentum--educators simply cannot ignore it.
By Vickie Moller May 31, 2013
According to a new Pew Research Center Analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, mothers re the sole or primary source of income for the family in 40 percent of American households with children ...
By Vickie Moller May 28, 2013
They range from failing to keep exam materials in a secure lockbox, to improper assistance by teachers during tests, to scoring irregularities--thirty-six confirmed cases of cheating on state tests in Long Island schools over the ...
By Vickie Moller May 25, 2013
On Friday, hundreds of people holding American flags lined the street along Park Boulevard in Massapequa Park, honoring a Long Island Navy SEAL who was killed last week during a training exercise in Kentucky.
By Vickie Moller May 22, 2013
Long Islanders approved a total of 118 out of 124 district spending plans for the 2013-14 school year voted on Tuesday.
By Vickie Moller May 21, 2013
Today, residents all across the Island are at polls voting on their district's school budgets--voting that will play a critical role in determining whether many of the services that districts have been forced to eliminate ...
By Vickie Moller May 16, 2013
On Jan. 11, 2011, Erich A. Tasiello fled the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 44-year-old bicyclist while driving his 2000 Kia on Merritt Road in North Massapequa.
By Vickie Moller May 16, 2013
Memorial Day is both a time of new beginnings and a time of remembrance.
