My name is Damian Amiruddin and I am a junior at East Rockaway High School.
East Rockaway has two elementary schools and one junior/senior high school. We are a small, tight knit community that …
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Children feel the egg-citement in Valley Stream
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Dozens of children went searching for goodies last Saturday during the village’s annual Easter egg hunt.
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Memories of a simpler time
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The Rhame Avenue Elementary School Class of 1963 was a post World War II melting pot, and many were first-generation Americans. Most of our parents had moved to East Rockaway from Brooklyn and other city boroughs after the war.
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With the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching,
Heartbreaking memories of devastation, tragedy and frustration are
returning to the hearts and minds of those who experienced the …
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The Long Beach City Council called on the American Red Cross last week to speed up the release of millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy donations that the charity has collected over the past seven …
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Rockville Centre was lucky a year ago when it was spared the worst of the devastation from Hurricane Sandy, which left thousands without power and homes.
“I would call it an inconvenience to …
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“I never want to stay in a motel again,” said Gerry. “We started out telling people we were staying in a hotel, and it was great. Then, as time went on, it became a motel, and then it became a FEMA motel.”
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On Sept. 12, 1960, I stood on Washington Boulevard with my father, who pointed out to me that the ocean was meeting the bay during Hurricane Donna, a Category 1 hurricane with 95 mile per hour winds …
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The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved $262 million of the $722 million that County Executive Ed Mangano requested to make improvements and upgrades to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment …
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Baseball League's season gets under way
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The Valley Stream Baseball League began its 69th season on April 30. Opening ceremonies were held at Firemen’s Field, and then players hit the diamond for their first games of the season.
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