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Freeport Police officer Samantha Sepulveda, right, helped Freeport High School senior Jylene Jaquez, 18, pick out a dress for the prom, while senior Valentina Vinusuion, 17, looked on at A Dream Prom Boutique on March 30.
Prom boutique making these teens’ dreams a reality
Freeport High School senior Aldalisis Collado, 18, perused the colorful arrangement of dresses until she finally found the one. Selecting a sparkly black and silver, strapless chiffon dress, she held … more
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Valley Stream Mayor Ed Fare gave $500 to Margarita Grasing, executive director of the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre.
Valley Stream mayor donates to Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre
Valley Stream Mayor Ed Fare presented a $500 contribution to the Hispanic Brotherhood after learning about recent thefts at the agency’s main office in Rockville Centre. more
Addressing racism on Long Island
In Spike Lee’s masterful “BlackkKlansman,” based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth, Colorado Springs’ first African-American police officer and undercover detective, we see racism in its most ugly form . . . more
Money was stolen from a locked cabinet in the office of the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre, on Clinton Avenue, twice over a one-month span.
Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre recovering from pair of thefts
The Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre is still recovering financially after a total of $2,600 was taken from a locked cabinet in the organization’s office on two separate occasions in October, employees said. “It’s been very traumatic,” said Marguerite Keller, co-director of the Brotherhood. more
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Jessica Flores spoke with her ninth-grade daughter, Katherine Arguesta, during Freeport High School’s Hispanic Parent Night on Sept. 27.
Freeport High School supports Hispanic parent-teacher interaction
A sea of eager faculty was selling red, black and white school spirit apparel, and volunteer students in yellow T-shirts were directing slightly lost parents to their children’s classrooms. South … more
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Los Amigos del Amargue performed pan-Latino dance-style music during a concert on Sept. 30 at the Freeport Memorial Library.
Bachata's sensual rhythms on a Sunday
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month the Freeport Memorial Library welcomed Los Amigos del Amargue, a Dominican bachata group from Freeport on Sept. 30. As the sounds of the Caribbean came to … more
Author Kianny Antigua, who is also an adjunct professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, presented her collection of books and stories at the Freeport Memorial Library on Sept. 28.
Freeport Library welcomes second Hispanic writer
Kianny Antigua stumbled into writing while attending LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City in the early 2000s. The now Dartmouth College adjunct professor and author of “Caléndula” had … more
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The Week Ahead
— AOH Irish Day Parade & Festival The AOH Irish Day Parade & Festival will begin at Washington Boulevard and West Beech Street at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. There will be vendors, rides, … more
As keynote speaker of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, Carmen Piñeyro, a trustee on the Freeport Village board, spoke of the importance of unity among the Latino community, despite cultural or political differences.
Honoring the many faces of the Latino community
“We Latinos, we are a nation without a face,” said Carmen Piñeyro, a trustee on the Freeport Village board, as she opened her speech as keynote speaker of a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on Sept. 21 at the Roosevelt Fire Department. more
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Puerto Rican author Cristy Marrero, left, chatted with Spanish Book Club leader Rose Luna and Freeporter Carrie Mason-Draffen, right, who came to meet Marrero on Sept. 21.
Freeport celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
The Village of Freeport is celebrating all that is Latino during Hispanic Heritage Month, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and the epicenter of the events is the Freeport Memorial Library. more
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