Every community needs police officers, teachers, sanitation workers and elected leaders. But every community also needs volunteers, the people whose contributions mean so much yet so often go unnoticed.
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4/25/13
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There has been a lot of progress made in the rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island in late October, but there is still work to be done. The Long Island Volunteer Center is in need of volunteers to help those impacted by the storm.
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12/21/12
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The eight students and one teacher shuffled into the center of what was left of the dining room of a red-brick ranch home on a canal in Long Beach’s East End last Friday.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/20/12
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When the 26 students in Calhoun High School’s leadership class were batting around ideas for a community service project in November, they didn’t debate their cause –– they wanted to do something, anything, to aid those whose homes had been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
And when they went looking for possible projects, they thought immediately of Long Beach, which took the brunt of the storm, suffering an estimated $250 million in damage.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/19/12
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The stunning fall from grace of CIA Director David Petraeus surprised me, in a day and age when nothing surprises me.
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11/23/12
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Amid all the complaints about what did not get done well before, during and after the storm, we shouldn’t forget to thank those who did so much good while the winds raged, and have in the days since.
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11/23/12
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I always thought it was cliché to say, “I’ve never seen anything like it,” but in the aftermath of Sandy, I can honestly say that, in my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything like it.
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11/15/12
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April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week, and we want to recognize a special group of volunteers — firefighters.
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4/19/12
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“Saddened,” “upset” and “disappointed” were among the many dispirited words people used to describe Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to veto a bill that would …
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Lee Landor
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1/11/12
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Merrick Fire Department volunteers were called to extinguish a house fire that gutted a first-floor kitchen on Oakbrook Lane in Merrick on Friday. Volunteers knocked down the blaze in 15 minutes, containing it to the kitchen, but the rest of the house suffered water and smoke damage. Merrick firefighters were assisted by volunteers from the North Merrick, North Bellmore, Bellmore and Freeport fire departments.
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12/13/11
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