With our children back in classrooms and the leaves beginning their autumnal change, the nation is highlighting another vital milestone as we observe September as National Recovery Month.
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By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton
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9/28/23
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Before I started working for the Heralds last year, a coworker raped me at a previous job.
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By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez
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1/27/22
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"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . .
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12/5/19
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"I’m going trick-or-treating with Freddy Brown this Halloween dressed as Chucky.” I said this to my mom as I left my therapist’s office at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/7/19
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I will have been sober for exactly 32 years this week. It’s a joyful anniversary, one that I’m sharing only to inspire others who may need to quit drinking but don’t think they can.
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8/30/19
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Every June 15 we commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It is important that we speak openly about elder abuse, because it is a hidden crime that most Americans are reluctant to talk about or even acknowledge.
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By Madeline Singas
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7/6/19
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
A special-education teacher who was fired earlier this month for allegedly abusing her severely disabled students has filed an appeal seeking to return …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/26/19
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When I see stories of sexual abuse by clergy members, I’m often angry with many people. Mostly, I’m angry with those who allowed the abuse to go on uninterrupted for years . . .
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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4/11/19
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When anyone, especially a teenager, dies by suicide, it is difficult to comprehend. We see the person, seemingly vibrant, alive, and we wonder how . . .
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4/5/19
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School board trustees said Monday that they plan to fire former special education teacher Lisa Weitzman at a special meeting on Tuesday, following a lengthy public disciplinary hearing that …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/1/19
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