Have you ever enjoyed the fresh produce from Hewlett-Woodmere’s Community Garden Learning Center, or listened to live music at the Arts Below Sunrise street fair?
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/1/14
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He played in the National Football League long before they were born, but the Camp Hillel campers who range in age from 8 to 13 took in former New York Jets wide receiver Wesley Walker’s message as if it was a Ken O’Brien pass during a visit on Aug. 8.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/13/14
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Author Tom Boswell called playing golf “a good walk spoiled” due to the sport’s ability to frustrate its players, but for campers in the Five Towns learning the game at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club appears to be more like good days under the sun.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/6/14
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The Beatles, LeBron James, and Barack Obama ––they’ve all been subjects of Nat Solomon’s artwork, along with still-lifes, sunsets and the children at Camp Hillel, in Lawrence, where Solomon works as a photographer.
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By Allison Leshowitz
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8/6/14
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Known as a fire balling, curve ball strikeout artist when he was a major league pitcher, Dwight Gooden, known as “Dr. K” during his heyday struck a chord with the youngsters during a visit to Camp Hillel in Lawrence on July 11. K is the scorecard symbol for a strikeout.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/11/14
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It was early in the morning on Dec. 27 last year when Scott Epstein, NYC educator, wrestling promoter and Oceanside resident on his way to assist in a family emergency, was killed in a car accident in East Rockaway.
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By Vanessa Parker
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6/25/14
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For the sixth time, the Plaut family of Cedarhurst, mom, Tova, and her sons Jake, 17, and Sam, 14, will lace up their sneakers and run in the ING Miami Marathon on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, to raise money for Chai Lifeline.
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1/15/14
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A Rockville Centre man was arrested last week and charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from two nonprofits that raise money for special-needs children, and two women for whom he acted as …
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By Alex Costello
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10/9/13
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There are probably some experiences people shouldn’t try for the first time when they’re over 65, but I really wanted to go camping out West.
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8/28/13
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Splish splashing at Hillel’s water carnival
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The inaugural Hillel Day Camp water carnival at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway in Lawrence was a hit with the approximately 500 campers from toddlers to eighth-graders and counselors-in-training on Aug. 6.
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8/14/13
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