When Courtney Pincus was a student at Oceanside High School, she always said she would start a performing arts school called To The Stage. The name comes from a lyric in the song “La Vie Boheme” from the musical “Rent.”
“I was in love with ‘Rent’,” Pincus said.
In 2012, she made that dream come true.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/8/14
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Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the State University of New York colleges would implement system-wide standards for combating and reporting sexual assault. And he promised that, through legislation, the same changes would be coming to the state’s private schools.
Molloy College is ready for the reforms, since most of what is being changed are things that the school does already.
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By Alex Costello
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10/8/14
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College became more affordable for a member of Valley Stream’s Class of 2014 who is currently studying at the State University of New York at Oswego.
Kimberly A. Smith, a freshman at SUNY …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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9/17/14
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In the summer of 2013, Jesse Winter had just graduated from SUNY Cortland where he enjoyed a remarkable basketball career, and had plans of taking his talents to Israel in pursuit of a professional career.
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By Brian Coleman
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9/10/14
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October 5, 2011 is a date East Meadow High School graduate Tyler Levine will never forget.
Levine, who is now 21, was coming off his freshman season pitching for SUNY Old Westbury, and had been named the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year, posting a 4-1 record with a 3.12 earned run average for the Panthers.
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Marky Billson
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8/27/14
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Mepham High School senior Josh Ferris placed in the “Tomorrow Project,” a joint effort by Intel, the Society for Science and the Public, and Arizona State University’s Center for …
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6/25/14
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Mepham High School physics teams have ruled the annual Physics Olympics, sponsored by the Long Island Physics Teachers Association, for the past 15 years. But this year’s squad set a new school record.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/4/14
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At 15, Merrick native Heather Leibowitz lit out for Ute Mountain in Colorado. She went to study Hopi Indian culture and to dig for relics in a pit at the foot of the mountain, which is surrounded by an expanse of dusty, brush-covered plains.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/29/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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In her years at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, Merokean Sara Rosenzweig grew accustomed to finishing first among Cougar cross-country and track runners. She twice qualified for the New York State High School Cross-Country Championship, and ended her high school career last spring by capturing the Nassau County steeplechase title.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/4/13
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