Maintaining safe and comfortable schools for children and staff is a priority for District 13 Board of Education members, who got a thorough look at all four schools last Saturday morning.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/7/11
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There has been talk of revitalizing Valley Stream’s downtown for the better part of a decade. As recently as a few years ago, the number of vacant stores on Rockaway Avenue was nearing two dozen.
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9/29/11
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The Hendrickson Park administration building looks very different inside than it did at the beginning of the summer.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/28/11
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The Valley Stream Village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Monday night about its plans to purchase a building on Rockaway Avenue to serve as a Village Hall annex.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/15/11
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The Hendrickson Park administration building will no longer house Valley Stream’s recreation department. Three feet of water in the building during a heavy rainstorm on Aug. 14 has prompted village officials to move the department to the Firemen’s Field clubhouse and seek other uses for the 45-year-old building.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/24/11
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The future is now for Nassau Community College in Garden City, and it’s taking shape in a $40 million life sciences building under construction on the north side of campus.
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By Alex Krinsky
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7/20/11
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Friends of Bridge, Valley Stream’s drug and alcohol addiction counseling center, will hold its annual fundraising brunch on Sunday, March 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the VFW Hall, located at …
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3/9/11
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The Long Island Index — an independent, non-partisan group that compiles data every year about different aspects of Long Island — has spent the past few years working on analyzing the area’s …
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by Alex Costello
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2/2/11
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Eight families were displaced by a fire in an apartment building on Central Avenue in Valley Stream this morning. Flames destroyed one apartment and seven other units had smoke and water damage.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/31/11
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Three of Valley Stream District 30’s four school buildings will need some upgrades in the next few years ranging from new windows and doors to heating system improvements. Administrators and Board of Education members got to see just what these needs are — about $792,000 for next year — during a facilities tour last Saturday morning.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/26/11
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