Middle-school girls from around Nassau County came together last month to compete in an all-female wrestling meet — an event that comes as the sport pivots on Long Island to increase participation.
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By Ben Strack
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4/11/19
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On Friday, many countries worldwide are commemorating International Women’s Day. Meanwhile, in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, all of March will be marked by . . .
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3/8/19
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In a defining moment for the preservation of Rockville Centre history in the late 1970s, the deteriorating house of Captain Samuel F. Phillips was relocated and restored to become what is now the Museum of the Village of Rockville Centre.
Four decades later, the museum celebrated its 40th anniversary as a beacon of culture, education and history in the village.
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Briana Bonfiglio
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11/8/18
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Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then.
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8/24/18
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It was a banner season for many high school athletic programs in the Herald’s coverage area. Listed are many of the top team accomplishments, in chronological order.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/18
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After my mother died, my grown kids thought it would be good for me to have a couple of grandkids around for two weeks. You know, distraction and so forth. Let the young people lift my spirits and get me going.
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6/28/18
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Rockville Centre Girl Scout troops gathered at the John A. Anderson Recreation Center on May 20 for its Gold, Silver & Bronze Award Ceremony, during which girls in grades four through 12 were honored for various community service projects.
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By Ben Strack
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5/31/18
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After the Boy Scouts of America announced on Oct. 11 that it would welcome girls into its program, adult leaders and high-achieving scouts from local troops expressed varying levels of confusion, …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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10/20/17
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Of the 18 honorees inducted into the New York State High School Girls Soccer Hall of Fame earlier this month, three of them once reigned at South Side High School, helping to build the avid soccer culture that exists in Rockville Centre.
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By Ben Strack
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9/21/17
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Girl Scouts of Nassau County recently presented more than 70 Gold Awards, including one to Samantha Horowitz, of Rockville Centre, during a ceremony hosted at Adelphi University.
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By Ben Strack
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7/20/17
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