The first thing Drew Hanson heard as he left work on the morning of Dec. 21 was “the bang,” he said. Around 9:30 a.m., as he pulled up to the stoplight at Front and Clinton streets in …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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2/6/20
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The coughs of a hospitalized teen echoed through the Brookside School auditorium in North Merrick on Jan. 29. A news report was projected above the stage, and alleged that the boy’s illness was …
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By Andrew Garcia
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2/6/20
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Anyone who thinks science is a quiet activity reserved for the ivy-covered halls of academe has never attended a science Olympiad like the one held at Levittown’s Division Avenue High School …
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By Timothy Denton
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2/6/20
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When the world watched with wonder as the United States sent missions to the moon, Bob Botwin, of Bellmore, was behind the scenes, helping each operation go smoothly. Botwin was a propulsion expert, …
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By Andrew Garcia
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2/6/20
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For the first time in John F. Kennedy High School history, there are two finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, Andrew Brinton and Katherine St George. On the day of the announcement, amid …
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By Andrew Garcia
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1/30/20
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When she was in high school, Michele Friend took an “exodus” from Europe to Israel with Young Judea, the youth group of Hadassah. For six weeks, she and other Jewish-Americans ex-plored …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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1/30/20
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Two Nassau County Police Department officers were named as the January 2020 Top Cops for an arrest they made in Bellmore following a gunpoint robbery.
According to detectives, on Jan. 2 at …
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By ANDREW GARCIA and ALYSSA SEIDMAN
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1/30/20
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores’ annual installation and awards dinner at the Chateau Briand was rife with pomp and circumstance. On Jan. 25, the board recognized local community …
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1/30/20
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New York state may soon make it illegal for retail pet stores to sell animals.
State Sen. John Brooks, a Seaford Democrat, recently signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill that would ban the sale of …
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By Andrew Garcia
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1/23/20
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An unexpected winter sun streamed through the stained-glass window of the synagogue at Congregation Beth Ohr’s Temple Israel annex in Merrick, throwing colors on the guests who filled the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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1/23/20
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