Calhoun High School may be full of model students, but on one recent evening, the school was full of student models.
On that Thursday, Calhoun turned on its spotlights on a fashion show to benefit Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that works to spread awareness about Ugandan militant Joseph Kony and his rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army.
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By David Weingrad
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5/18/12
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European …
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5/2/12
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Every month for the past year, Mike Guerriero has purchased hundreds of toiletry items, socks, games, magazines and more, packed them in three or four boxes and sent them to Afghanistan.
He used …
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Lee Landor
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3/7/12
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It was a holiday happening to remember at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1790 building on Merrick Road on Sunday.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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12/7/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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On Memorial Day, we took time to recognize and remember our military service men and women who died in the defense of this country. With each wreath that was laid, with each flag that was waived, we honored their ultimate sacrifice.
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Assemblyman Brian Curran
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6/16/11
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Every year, Little Beach, off Pershing Place in Island Park, becomes littler.
Mayor Jim Ruzicka estimates that the beach is about 75 percent smaller than it was a decade ago. There has been so …
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Alex Costello
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4/6/11
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The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan two weeks ago has left thousands without shelter, food or water or in need of medical care. U.S. relief agencies such as the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army have been assisting, but they rely on donations to fund the effort to get the Japanese people what they need.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/23/11
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Brigadier General Audino promoted West Hempstead resident Michael Liverpool to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army on Jan. 6 in a ceremony at the Pentagon in the Washington, …
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3/2/11
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Lt. Josef Kaplan, son of Dawn and Philip Kaplan, graduated from Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga. on July 16.
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8/12/10
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