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We need peacemakers more than peacekeepers
Even Hillary Clinton’s harshest critics agree that she’s tough. While it’s common to stereotype Democrats and women as softer than Republicans and men, any such effort to stereotype Hillary is belied by her record. more
Visit the Plaza Hotel in Plaza Theatrical Productions' staging of "Plaza Suite" in Bellmore on Sunday.
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Exhibits and more... China Then and NowThis exhibition brings together exemplary Chinese works of art from the classical, early modern and contemporary periods. It explores three millennia of one … more
Andrea Connolly,left, chairperson of the Rockville Centre Youth Council, and Judi Vining, executive director of the Long Beach Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking, after they signed the mentoring agreement
Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking to mentor RVC group
The Long Beach Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking, a non-profit group that works to curb a problem that members say is rampant in Long Beach, will be extending its reach to Rockville Centre as … more
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Youth Council teams with LB
The Long Beach Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking received a $27,500 grant to mentor the Rockville Centre Youth Council. The grant came from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. more
An abandoned house on Scaneateles Avenue in Lakeview — which was deemed “unfit for human occupancy” because of its overgrown shrubbery, mildew, animal feces and broken pipes — was where homeless teen Michael Ivey hid out before he was arrested on burglary charges.
The young and the homeless
Curled up in a blanket against the arm of a wood-frame couch on which she wriggles to get comfortable, Nia, an 18-year-old resident of Family and Children’s Walkabout for Young Men and Women, a long-term transitional house in Freeport that shelters homeless teenagers and helps them to become self-sufficient, described her daily routine. more
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We need to give teens options
The murder of Lauren Daverin-Gresham in Rockville Centre late last month once again pointed up a recurring problem: We often overlook our teenagers. more
It’s time to get serious about gun violence in Nassau County
As the news of another senseless shooting death in my community broke, so did my heart. The incident that took the life of a 22-year-old student from my alma mater reminds me of the lives lost due to … more
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Teens must learn that they shouldn't drink
It’s impossible to know what cure will go undiscovered, what useful invention never devised, what art uncreated, what science unimagined, what wisdom unuttered because a boy’s or girl’s potential was submerged in vodka bottles or drowned in cans of beer. more
MLK Center opens new annex
For kids in the North Park community, it was a welcome home. “The children were actually crying in front of the building, because there’s nowhere to go,” said James Hodge, board chair of the … more
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Mark Romanowski, 17, of Rockville Centre, recently left the Albertson Soccer Club’s elite academy team after U.S. Youth Soccer ruled that academy participants could not play for their high school teams. Romanowski, shown above playing for South Side High School, didn’t want to give up ‘school ball.’
For elite players, soccer academies mean hard choice
Mark Romanowski joined the Albertson Soccer Club’s elite academy team in the fall of 2011, when he entered his junior year at South Side High School in Rockville Centre. The decision did not come easily for Romanowski, who is now 17 and a senior at South Side. He had played for the Rockville Centre Soccer Club since he was in third grade, and he loved his club. more
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