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State may ban cellphones ‘bell to bell’ effects on learning and memory, and a reliance on them has been linked to a form of psychologiNew York would prohibit cal dependency. Hochul agrees, and introcellphone use in public schools “bell to bell” beginning in the duced the proposal to ban cell2025-26 school year under a ten- phones in schools in January. “This is about helping stutative agreement reached late Monday between Gov. Kathy dents focus, reducing distracHochul and state tions, and improvlawmakers. ing mental health,” The plan, part of she said when introthe negotiations of ducing the proposal. the state’s $252 bil“We must put our lion fiscal year 2026 kids in the best posbudget, would sible environment restrict the use of to lear n and sucsmartphones and ceed.” other inter netUnder the agreeenabled devices on ment, schools would school grounds be tasked with throughout the developing their school day, includown methods for ing during class, luCAS ElENA collecting and storlunch and study Lynbrook High School ing students’ devichalls. es. Hochul’s proposfreshman In recent years, al includes roughly many young people $13.5 million in have come to feel as if smart- state funding to help districts phones are nothing less than an purchase storage options such extension of themselves, keep- as cubbies, pouches or lockers. ing them in touch with the Students would still be able to world as they rely ever more bring non-inter net-enabled heavily on technology. But do phones, and exemptions would their devices affect students’ be made for those with medical ability to learn in school? needs, language translation According to the National requirements, or those with Institutes of Health, smartphones may have detrimental Continued on page 19
By AINSlEY MARTINEZ
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lynbrook P.D. helps NCPD mark a century Thousands gathered in Wantagh last Sunday to celebrate the Nassau County Police Department’s 100th anniversary with a street parade and block party. Members of the Lynbrook Police Department were in attendance, and saluted their fellow law enforcement officers.
Reflecting on a life in the kitchen Lynbrook resident Polly Talbott debuts beginner cookbook By AINSlEY MARTINEZ amartinez@liherald.com
After more than two decades of teaching Long Islanders how to cook, Lynbrook resident Polly Talbott has compiled her most trusted recipes and time-tested techniques in a cookbook. “Recipes, Menus and Memories from a Cooking School” is both a handbook and a time capsule — a culmination of 25 years at the helm of A La Carte Cooking School, which she opened in 1999. “I kept saying I had to write a book,” Talbott, who is in her 70s, said. “Once I closed my business, I realized everybody really needs this book.”
The book features about 100 pages of simple, ‘approachable’ recipes, from shrimp scampi to salmon over creamed spinach, aimed at home cooks who want to get dinner on the table without sacrificing flavor or presentation. Each recipe has been tested hundreds of times in the classroom, Talbott said. She had the idea to open A La Carte during her career as a food stylist for commercial photo shoots in New York. Clients often peppered her with questions about her work, and she realized there was a demand for recreational cooking classes. At the time, most cooking schools in the area catered to professionals, not home cooks. A Continued on page 10
use it to meet up with friends, let my parents know things, set reminders, and much more.