A first-of-its-kind nationwide study by the Alzheimer’s Association revealed that approximately one-eighth of the senior citizens living in Nassau County are afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
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By Siela A. Bynoe
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8/17/23
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Th e Valley Stream Central High School District kicked off its Summer Bridge Program this July. This annual resource for incoming 7th-grade students gives them the opportunity to acclimate themselves …
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By Juan Lasso
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8/13/23
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Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and her colleague from Queens, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, gathered hunger advocates, teachers and community members at the Valley Stream Forest Road Elementary School on …
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By Caroline Kelly and Juan Lasso
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8/6/23
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Summer leaves some school-aged kids scrambling to find a healthy meal, since they can’t depend on the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs at their school.
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7/13/23
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Meaningful connections between students and mentors were celebrated during the Nassau County Bar Association Mentor Program luncheon wrapping up the 26th year of the program that helps local elementary and middle school students.
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By Mallory Wilson
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6/5/23
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On a warm, sunlit evening last week, a seemingly endless line of cars flowed through the stretch of downtown businesses between East Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway known as Rockaway Avenue. …
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By Juan Lasso
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4/2/23
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Parents of students in Valley Stream — as well as those across the country — are once again forced to pick up the tab for their children’s meals in school after lawmakers in …
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By Juan Lasso
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3/5/23
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Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 tackled all kinds of discrimination when it came to employment and public accommodation, it bothered Sen. Birch Bayh that the bill failed to address sex discrimination at schools.
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11/24/22
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James A. Dever Elementary School recently saw the return of its Intergenerational Reading Program where students from first grade to fourth grade paired up with volunteers from the National …
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By Juan Lasso
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11/18/22
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ill pump $300,000 of federal funds into efforts to improve the way cars and pedestrians navigate Hendrickson Avenue, from North Corona Avenue to Fletcher Avenue, by installing a number of …
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By Juan Lasso
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11/10/22
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