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Elana Pocress, 17, of Oceanside, taught lessons in STEM to a group of Girl Scouts at the Cradle of Aviation museum in Garden City.
Oceanside Girl Scout earns Gold Award teaching girls to code
To earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, Elana Pocress, 17, taught young girls to code at the Oceanside and Freeport libraries in 2019. more
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The $18,000 Project Fit America grant will help enhance Oceanside Middle School’s physical education program.
Oceanside Middle School to receive outdoor ‘Fit Pit’ through grant
Project Fit America has awarded Oceanside Middle School an $18,000 grant for indoor and outdoor fitness equipment, as well as educational materials. more
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Long Beach-Island Park Boys Scouts create girls’ troop
Girls ages 11 to 17 can now join the Long Beach Troop 215 of Boy Scouts of America, which welcomes kids from Long Beach and Island Park. more
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Magician and illusionist Eric Wilzig and his wife, Eliana, perform shows at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Oceanside resident, Woodmere native Eric Wilzig makes the magic reappear
Just as the weekend of March 14 to 15 was getting underway so was the wave of shutdowns that would halt business across swaths of the country as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold in the United States. more
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Tanner Callicutt adopted his lab-mix puppy, Otis, from North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington
North Shore Animal League America still fostering adoptions
Tanner Callicutt of Manhattan had thought about getting a puppy for some time, but house-training one seemed daunting given his busy schedule as an actor and a restaurant host.  more
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Chris St. Remy, third from left, was surprised with his new basketball wheelchair at Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing on Feb. 27. Surprising him were, from left, Special Projects Coordinator Lisa Penziner, Amputee Program Director Dr. Paulinder Rai, Administrator Yiddy Eisen, Chris’ girlfriend Myrlie Chaundry and Long Island Kings wheelchair basketball coach Eddie Lopez.
Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing hosts a special surprise
Chris St. Remy received a special surprise at Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing on Feb. 27, when he was presented with a new wheelchair that will enable him to continue to play basketball. more
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Shabbat Across America and Canada is an event at which synagogues worship simultaneously with thousands of Jewish communities. For more information, visit njop.org/programs/shabbat/saac.
Temples in Oceanside, Island Park to host Shabbat Across America events
After a rash of anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island and across the country, Temple Avodah is hosting a Shabbat Across America dinner for the first time in years, while the South Shore Jewish Center will continue with the annual tradition. more
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Nikki Kramer, 9, of Merrick, was featured on “Good Morning America” during a segment debuting American Girl Doll’s 2020 Girl of the Year, Joss Kendrick. The doll, like Nikki, has hearing loss and wears a hearing aid.
Lakesider helps unveil American Girl Doll with hearing loss
From the way she dashed around her toy-laden living room, springing from the couch to the floor and back, you would assume that Nikki Kramer, of Merrick, was just like any other energetic 9-year-old. … more
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Arthur Eldred, of Oceanside, was the first Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America.
Oceanside lays claim to first Eagle Scout (Part Two)
Since Arthur R. Eldred was conferred as America’s first Eagle Scout, representatives from Rockville Centre have aggressively laid claim to the village being his home. more
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Arthur Eldred was the first Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America, but there has been a dispute over whether he was from Oceanside or Rockville Centre.
Oceanside lays claim to the first Eagle Scout
It has long been known that legendary local Arthur R. Eldred was the first Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. There is some dispute, however, as to where Eldred was from.  more
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