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Myra helped create the Oceanside-based security company Allied Central Station Alarms, Inc. with her husband of 54 years, Carl, and eventually their sons joined the business. She was also a journalist/publicist who fell in love with the publishing world at an early age, selling her first freelance article to "The Woman Magazine" for $5 as a teenager. She served as editor at "Parent's Magazine," was named a Newsday Special Correspondent in 1964 and published over 450 freelance articles.
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1/20/10
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Cheating in school has been a problem across the country for generations, and Hewlett High School senior Shira Shamir decided that finding the root cause of academic dishonesty would make for an interesting social science research project. Shamir surveyed 202 of her fellow students, and got some interesting answers to her questions about how some of them justify cheating, whether on a test or copying a homework assignment.
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Andrew Coen
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1/20/10
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The Five Towns Community Center Teen Board, made up local students from middle school to college, hosted a “Giving From the Heart” Christmas Party/Toy Drive on Dec. 18.
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12/23/09
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The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns hosted a Hanukkah service at the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach on Dec. 16.
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12/23/09
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Jeff Toback is leaving office next month, but the five-term county legislator is assuring the community that he is not going anywhere, and will continue to remain active in civic life. Toback also says he is not ruling out another run for elective office should the opportunity
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Annmarie Fertoli
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12/23/09
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On Jan. 1, Howard Kopel, a self-described “recovering lawyer” and businessman, replaced 10-year incumbent Jeff Toback in the Nassau County Legislature, representing the 7th Legislative District, which includes parts of Oceanside and Island Park.
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Annmarie Fertoli
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12/16/09
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Two men dressed in utility uniforms made their way into a Hewlett home Wednesday morning and apparently robbed the occupants of an amount believed to be $100,000 in cash, according to police.
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Stephen J. Bronner
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10/14/09
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Your chance to get a taste of southwest Nassau County is coming up as the Peninsula Counseling Center plans its annual fundraiser. There will be 45 restaurants, bakeries, caterers and wineries participating in A Tasteful Evening at the Woodmere Country Club on Oct. 19.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/8/09
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To the dismay of many of the more than 200 concerned residents in attendance, the Lawrence Board of Education voted to close the Number Six School in Woodmere at its meeting on March 24.
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By EVAN NEMEROFF
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4/2/09
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