Lynbrook got festive over the weekend as the village came aglow with holiday lights. Neighbors came together the celebrate Christmas through the village’s blessing of the crèche, a dance …
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12/8/23
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The Village of East Rockaway held a solemn ceremony Monday, Sept. 11 to commemorate the 22 nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Community organizations such as the East Rockaway Fire …
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9/15/23
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Many of us seek to better understand how we can be of service to our community. But perhaps the best way to learn is to look to the example of those paragons of selfless action who already walk …
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By MOHAMMAD RAFIQ
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12/8/23
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The superstorm called Hurricane Sandy will surely go down as one of the U.S.’s most costly and crippling storms, ripping a $20 billion swath of destruction up the Eastern Seaboard, and Long Island’s South Shore was front and center amid the tumult as Sandy’s northern end lashed communities from Bellmore to Valley Stream and from Long Beach to Rockville Centre.
Now, after the flooding and the fires, the anxiety and fear, the South Shore must slowly rebuild, one home, one school, one business at a time.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/31/12
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I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my …
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/14
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He’s a military veteran, a writer, a former village trustee and federal agent — not to mention a 55-year member of the Lynbrook Fire Department. Steve Grogan, an ex-chief and honorary …
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By Nicole Formisano
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12/8/23
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Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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The floors are shining, the lockers are freshly painted and the library is resplendent — Lynbrook High School finally has a finished look that matches the quality of its students and educators.
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By Nicole Formisano
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10/13/23
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The Kennedy Space Center was nearly pitch black, until a miniature sun was born. An impossibly large fireball lit up the Nov. 9 night sky as a rocket was propelled toward space — carrying, …
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By Nicole Formisano
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12/1/23
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East Rockaway Junior/Senior High School celebrated homecoming 2023 with a win over Oyster Bay, 22-14 Oct. 8. The Rocks jumped out to a 22-0 lead in the second quarter and never looked …
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10/13/23
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