Cornelius Ryerson — who was born in 1752 in an area called Foster’s Meadow, which is now known as Valley Stream — was a loyalist during the Revolutionary War, but his father, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/20/17
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Cheryl Schwartz, a Wantagh resident who has been a teacher at Mandalay Elementary School for 23 years, said that students in her first-grade class were only babies when Hurricane Sandy devastated the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/22/17
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State Sen. John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, has formed an opioid policy working group of experts and community leaders from Wantagh, Seaford and surrounding areas to battle the epidemic …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/22/17
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When John Theissen, 46, was a junior at MacArthur High School, he started getting severe headaches. In September 1988, when he was 17 and starting his senior year, he was diagnosed with a brain …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/15/17
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Wantagh Superintendent John McNamara and Dr. Marc Ferris, the assistant superintendent for instruction, played icebreaker games with a dozen new teachers at an orientation program on Aug. 28. After …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/11/17
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With a new superintendent at the helm, Seaford School District administrators and Board of Education trustees said that they are looking forward to rolling out new academic programs and fostering …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/11/17
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Light from an iPad screen glowed on Rabbi Howard Nacht’s face as he recounted recent anti-Semitic hate crimes on Long Island and across the country to a hushed crowd of 100 Wantagh, Seaford, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/1/17
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A 21-year-old man was robbed and assaulted by two men who offered to help him move out of his Seaford home last week, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Christian Dowd, 20, of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/1/17
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A Wantagh man has been charged with firing shots into his neighbor’s garage door last month, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Rocko Fox, 20, was arrested on Aug. 22 in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/1/17
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Youngsters have explored the Seaford Museum and learned about the world around them thanks to the historical society.
For the second consecutive year, the organization sponsored a Kids …
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By Julie Mansmann and Briana Bonfiglio
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8/24/17
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