Franklin Square says goodnight, Irene
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These images of Irene on Sunday tell the tale of ferocious winds and torrential downpours. Photos by Jina Papadoniou.
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8/28/11
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"Walk to Help the Sun Rise"
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The 6th annual walk at Sunrise Day Camp held on June 5th brought thousands of people to the campgrounds in Wheatley Heights. This years walk raised over $230,000 for children with cancer. Walkers and …
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Christina Daly
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6/8/11
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Thank you, everyone, for your congratulatory calls and emails to me for this column taking first place in its category of “Best Column Writing” in the Suburban Newspapers of America contest for 2010. This week, I’m re-running one of my favorite columns that ran in March, 2009.
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Mary Malloy
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3/30/11
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The Herald Community Newspapers won two top awards, for Best Column Writing and Best Feature, in the 2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Editorial Contest, the SNA announced March 18.
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Shakespeare said that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Easy for him to say. Actually, everything was easy for him to say.
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Mary Malloy
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3/22/11
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We finally made it to Woodstock last week — even though we were no longer wearing bell-bottomed jeans, paisley bandanas, or tie-dye T-shirts with bright yellow peace signs or smiley faces. We had a little more around the middle, a little sprinkling of silver among the gold, and we used our GPS system to get there — but we eventually “got ourselves back to the garden.”
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The Baldwin Public Library closed early today due to concerns regarding air quality.
“When a couple staff members felt ill, the Fire Department was called in to test the air quality,” said Catherine Overton, Assistant Director of the BPL. “No contaminants including carbon monoxide were found.”
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By Chris Connolly
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1/4/11
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The blizzard of December 2010
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The Blizzard storms Long Island
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Christina Daly
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12/27/10
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The above title was that of a letter to the editor appearing in the Sept. 21, 1897 edition of The Sun of New York, written by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon.
The question inspired the famous …
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Hi, Herald readers! Gather the kids around the computer to watch this heartwarming interview with Old St. Nick!
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By Mary Malloy
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12/11/10
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