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Alleged victims like Thomas McGarvey, right, who grew up in Franklin Square, will have more time to submit claims of clergy sexual abuse to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. McGarvey alleged that a priest sexually abused him at St. Catherine of Sienna Church over eight years at a news conference outside the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s headquarters in October. Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, left, who has handled hundreds of sexual abuse cases, is representing him.
Diocese of Rockville Centre extends deadline to file clergy sexual abuse claims
The Diocese of Rockville Centre extended its deadline for those wishing to enter into its Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, which was set up in October to compensate survivors of sexual abuse by members of the clergy. more
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East Meadow Farm Master Gardeners Veronica Caiazza and Nonie Muellers joined community members for the farm’s annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 16.
East Meadow Farm harvests treats for families
To celebrate a successful summer season—and the start of fall—the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County’s East Meadow Farm held its annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 16. more
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Master gardeners Karen Rose, Robbie Gluck, far left, and Dawn Avento, center, helped Matt Blackstone, of East Meadow, far right, choose the ripest vegetables at East Meadow’s Horticulture Center and Demonstration Gardens’ first farm stand of the season last Friday.
East Meadow's Farm stand opens for the season
Two ducks and three hens weaved in and out of vegetable gardens, rows of herbs and fields of flowers in East Meadow’s 2½-acre Horticulture Center and Demonstration Gardens on Merrick Avenue. more
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The Wantagh Public Library staff welcomed 10 chicks into the world on April 17 and 18. Librarians developed a program called From Egg to Chick to teach young patrons about how the birds develop.
Wantagh Library welcomes feathered friends
It was an exciting two days at the Wantagh Public Library, as ten chicks slowly broke free from their eggs on April 17 and 18. The feathered friends arrived just in time for spring. more
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Maureen Goldberg
Wantagh superintendent gets extension
Maureen Goldberg will remain the superintendent of the Wantagh School District for at least another year. The Board of Education has extended her contract to keep her at the district’s helm through the 2016-17 school year — her 40th in the district. more
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Adorned in butterfly wings were cousins Mia Saputo, 3, Lilly Turner, 6, Rylie Sena, 5, and Sophie Turner, 6, all of North Merrick, next to the farm’s butterfly garden.
Having fun with nature on the farm
For the fourth straight year, the East Meadow Farm welcomed residents for a weekend to engage in fun and educational fall activities. more
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Congress must renew the Zadroga Act
After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more
Thomas Cesiro, School #5 and Shane Warner, Joshua Gutman and Jake Warner of School #9E enjoyed the workshop on Green Screen Fun and how it makes impossible things happen in movies and photographs.
Oceanside schools host family technology day
Why do snakes flick their tongues? What happens if you touch dry ice with your bare hands? How can you film dinosaurs stomping through Oceanside? Answers to these and many other questions were … more
Merrick Girl Scout Troop 2536 members planted flowers in front of the community garden entrance to earn their Silver Award.
A garden grows on Merrick Avenue
East Meadow’s Horticultural Center and Demonstration Garden, on Merrick Avenue between Prospect Avenue and North Jerusalem Road, and just north of the East Meadow/Merrick border, is there to educate people on the many ways to grow a garden without pesticides or fertilizers. more
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Transitional housing extended to April 14
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14-day extension to the Transitional Sheltering … more
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