Part four in a series.
More than 50 years ago, racial tensions in the Malverne School District peaked. Prejudice divided the local community as hostilities mounted. Today, however, the district is …
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By Nakeem Grant and Robert Traverso
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11/14/19
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When Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead opened as the Mary Louis Academy Annex in 1949, the school had 58 students. Seventy years later, the all-girls school has a student body of more than 850. While …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/20/19
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Former Malverne High School varsity football coach and special education teacher Dr. Ken Leistner spent most of his life making others the best they could be. When Leistner spoke to the Herald in the …
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By Nakeem Grant
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4/18/19
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The LGBT Network awarded Oceanside Middle School’s Gay-Straight Alliance with a $250 grant for the club’s “No Name Calling Week” in January.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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3/7/19
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Roughly 50 residents filled East Rockaway High School’s gymnasium for the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery’s open-house presentation on Dec. 12, at which GOSR representatives shared details …
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By Nakeem Grant
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12/20/18
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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Mothers of Malverne is looking to gather members and former presidents from the past 40 years to honor them at a special dinner. The group has helped connect …
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By Nakeem Grant
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3/15/18
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This January, Oceanside Middle School and elementary School No. 9E are embarking on an effort that could provide a new way for both children and adults in the community to stay physically …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/26/18
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We are living in a binary world now. We must be, because the word “binary” has become the “it” word. And it does seem to be the defining concept of the new normal: black or white, right or wrong, up or down.
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10/20/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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At the Oceanside Board of Education’s March 22 meeting, school officials announced that they are close to securing a state grant for $250,000 that would go towards the development of an early …
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By Peter Belfiore
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3/30/17
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