The Rockville Centre Board of Education held an emergency meeting Monday night to respond to the protests that followed the trustees’ decision not to rehire South Side High School’s county-championship-winning girls’ varsity soccer coach, Jennifer Abgarian, and her assistant, Chris Aloisi — but a revote is not in the works.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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8/5/21
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Incumbent Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé defeated newcomer Daniel Salamone Tuesday night to serve another term in the fifth legislative district, which includes Baldwin and Freeport. Mulé, a …
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11/6/19
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When Erin King Sweeney announced last month that she would not seek re-election to a second four-year term on Hempstead’s Town Board, it was as if the bottom had dropped out of the 5th …
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By Timothy Denton
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10/17/19
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The Democratically controlled State Legislature moved on Jan. 29 to protect New Yorkers by enacting common-sense measures to combat gun violence.
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2/7/19
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Four-time paralympic medalist Lora Webster visited South Side High School on Jan. 19 as part of the adapted games unit in physical education.
Webster was a member of the United States sitting …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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2/1/17
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When Lora Webster began to feel constant pain in her knee while playing on two basketball teams nearly 20 years ago, she paid a visit to the doctor. After a biopsy showed a cancerous tumor in her left tibia, the then-11-year-old athlete made one request.
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By Ben Strack
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9/7/16
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Senate majority coalition leaders Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver! You led while others squirmed.
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2/21/13
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Playing in her final game for the Lesley University women’s basketball team, Merrick native Kaitlyn Wechsler needed to score 20 points to become the school’s all-time leading scorer.
She netted 22.
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By David Weingrad
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4/1/11
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Loyalty. That was the word United States Volunteer Brigadier General Daniel Helix used when he awarded the 11th New York Regiment USV-A unit with the USV Outstanding Unit and Honors Unit commendation — the highest award given — on Dec. 5.
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Anthony Bottan
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12/9/09
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