Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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At a meeting on April 12, the Island Park School District unveiled the revenue side of its budget, which includes a 2.83 percent increase in the district’s tax levy.
The levy, increasing from …
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Alex Costello
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4/21/10
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Oceanside resident Laurie Schneider was arrested by FBI agents on Tuesday, April 13 on charges she was running a Ponzi scheme. According to a complaint filed by Special Agent Matt Galioto with the …
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Alex Costello and Annmarie Fertoli
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4/13/10
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Oceanside Middle School students put on a rousing show for friends and family March 23. Oceanside’s Got Talent was also a fundraising event to help raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.
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4/7/10
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In the days following Hempstead attorney Jay Korn's suicide, 78 complaints from victims alleging that he defrauded them out of a total of $23.7 million have been filed with the Nassau County district …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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4/7/10
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A Rockville Centre attorney who jumped to his death last week is being investigated by the Nassau County district attorney in connection with a Ponzi scheme that is alleged to have defrauded his …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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3/30/10
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Oceanside High School graduate Eric Ascher is taking his community-minded spirit to college. Now in his third year at Stony Brook University, Ascher is spearheading a drive to collect personal …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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3/30/10
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An excellent day for egg hunting
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Oceanside and Island Park residents enjoyed a day out in the sun March 13 for the annual egg hunts at Oceanside School No. 6 and Lincoln Orens Middle School. Oceanside’s hunt was co-sponsored by …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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3/30/10
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At a Board of Education meeting on March 15, Oceanside Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown concluded the district's round of four budget meetings, revealing a 2.29 percent increase in the district’s tax …
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Alex Costello
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3/23/10
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Sergeant Chrissy DeCaprio is less than a quarter of the age of most of the members of the Jewish War Veterans Chwatsky-Farber Post 717 in Oceanside. But at just 24, she's already served two tours of …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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3/3/10
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