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The Cubs’ Cave (a.k.a. the back cafeteria) at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick was loud and messy last Friday –– but it was all for a good cause.
With assembly-line efficiency, Levy-Lakeside sixth-graders made more than 2,000 sandwiches for the homeless on Jan. 31. The donation, neatly packaged in big cardboard boxes, was shipped to the River Fund Shelter in Richmond Hill, Queens, said Sue Molloy, the sixth-grade teacher who annually organizes the sandwich-making exercise.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/14
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Merokean Stanley Barkan, center, recently received the Shabdaguchha International Poetry Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award “for his outstanding contribution to poetry and publishing poets from around the world.” The ceremony took place in August at the International Poetry Festival at Queens Central Public Library in Jamaica.
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9/20/13
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Exhibits and more...
After ModernisM 2013: ‘AM’A showcase of work by five contemporary artists. The exhibit features Nina Chanel Abney, Justin Craun, Wendell Gladstone, Erik Parks and …
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9/11/13
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What’s old has become new again. On Aug. 28, more than 17,000 people will fill the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens to see Mumford and Sons, the first major event the venue has hosted in more than 25 years.
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By David Weingrad
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8/23/13
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The face of corruption has once again reared its ugly head in New York state politics. At this stage in the game, no one should be surprised.
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4/11/13
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Storms of epic proportions are a challenge to everyone near or directly affected by them.
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11/29/12
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The Merrick Fire Department is expecting thousands of mourners at a wake at Empire Hose Company for slain Nassau County police officer Arthur Lopez of Babylon Village, who was gunned down on Tuesday morning in Queens after he pulled over an ex-convict who had served time for attempted murder and drug sale.
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By Scott Brinton and Deirdre Krasula
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10/25/12
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European …
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8/1/12
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Long Island Rail Road riders waiting for the East Side Access project to Grand Central Terminal will have to hold out even longer than expected –– an additional six years to be exact.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/24/12
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A Queens man was arrested Wednesday at 11:50 p.m. and charged with stealing money from a donation box at the Jaame Mafjid Mosque on Newbridge Road in North Bellmore. Nassau County Police arrested Ahmad Saeed, 48, after the suspect was caught on the mosque’s surveillance video.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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3/29/12
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