Shaw Avenue Elementary third grader Zain Anwar was named a winner in Liberty Water’s annual Be Water Wise Art Contest.
Zain had his artwork featured in the 2024 Liberty Be Water Wise …
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By Juan Lasso
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2/2/24
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V alley Stream Central’s long-celebrated cosmetology department had a big showing at the 2023 Long Island Teacher’s Guild Hairstyling Competition. The district’s cosmetology …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/2/23
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A team of student researchers from Valley Stream North High School won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 2023 Northwell Health Medical Marvels Competition. Sophomores Marco Alvarez, Robert …
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By Juan Lasso
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4/23/23
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The scent of car paint fumes hangs in the air on the corner of Bismark and Rockaway avenues.
Mechanics work on wrecked cars in the open air. Vehicles and debris creep into the street. The scene …
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By Juan Lasso
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8/4/22
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A free and diverse press is the backbone of a healthy and vibrant democracy. Yet social media and search engine giants like Facebook and Google are taking content from local newspapers . . .
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4/14/22
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The story of The Best Goodie Bag bake shop in Valley Stream is one of the unexpected. It started with a birthday party for grandma.
Justine Campbell was turning 84 in 2008. She was the …
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By Peter Belfiore
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11/27/20
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In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight.
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6/21/19
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As “My Life,” by The Walls Group began to play inside Layala’s Drum and Dance school, 17 kids moved to its beat as they shuffled their bodies around, building to a powerful stomp at …
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By Ronny Reyes
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8/8/18
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Twenty-fifteen came and went, and yet, believe it or not, many Long Island residents are still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Rather than getting back on their feet, they are left waiting for promised relief. Even though the majority of displaced residents have returned to their homes . . .
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1/14/16
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Competition on the ball field is quickly being replaced by competition in the science lab as middle school students are becoming more involved with engineering and designing functioning machines …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/15/15
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