The less-than-perfect weather conditions didn’t keep fans from flocking to Firemen’s Field on Saturday to support the Valley Stream Central Eagles during the team’s homecoming game. Despite the …
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10/12/16
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Former Valley Stream Central High School football star Victor Ochi took the latest step toward achieving his dream of cracking an NFL roster when he was signed to the Jets practice squad on Sept. …
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By Mike Smollins
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9/29/16
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Two students from Central High School and one from South High School recently earned awards for their accomplishments in the field of science. SHS sophomore Chibugo Obichere and CHS senior Claude …
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9/29/16
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The Central High School District Board of Education on Sept. 13 approved a $41 million bond proposal, which will be put forth to the community for a vote on Dec. 6.
The bond would fund repairs to …
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By Mike Smollins
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9/29/16
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The Valley Stream Central School District 13 Educational Foundation donated school supplies to four different facilities to start their 20th year of service. The supplies went to Wheeler Avenue …
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9/29/16
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Officials from all four Valley Stream school districts met at a joint Boards of Education meeting on Aug. 31 to discuss the impact of the Green Acres Mall’s tax exemption on local school taxes this year.
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By Nick Ciccone
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9/7/16
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When I was a kid growing up in Island Park, “water play” was a sprinkler set up on the front yard of the family lucky enough to have enough property to grow a lawn.
A couple of generations later . . .
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8/24/16
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The Elmont School District has agreed to comply with nonprofit transparency group Reclaim New York’s Freedom of Information Law request for records of the district’s 2014 expenditures after …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/3/16
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A group of about 25 students and some parents marched in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Monday in Valley Stream. They sought to support the demonstrations happening around the country, protesting police killings of civilians and other instances of violence.
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By Nick Ciccone
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7/13/16
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Alyssa Garbarino’s second concussion came on a frigid Sunday afternoon when she was 17. Under overcast skies, Garbarino, of North Merrick, who was then playing with the East Meadow Soccer Club’s Storm, bruised her way through a sea of bodies. As she battled with her opponent on the Northport Cow Harbor United Soccer Club, she was constantly driven to the ground, her head hitting the hard earth. As fast as she went down, though, she popped back up. As the game wore on, she began to feel dizzy and developed a sharp headache.
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By Alex Boyd
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6/22/16
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