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In a package full of life’s little necessities, every Finnish newborn receives a precious gift –– a set of three books, courtesy of the government. more
I loved my bicycle. It was a lightweight, aluminum-frame French road bike, a steel-blue Motobecane Jubilee Sport that I bought for $350 in 1982, when I was 15. more
I don’t know his name. We often cross paths as we run, as fast as we can, around the perimeter path at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, a 1.7-mile seashell-coated road that encircles the 50-acre sanctuary. more
Seated in his expansive, brightly lit office on the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine’s second floor, Dr. Lawrence Smith, the school’s founding dean, appears at home, a smile etched across his face as he speaks of the school’s role in transforming medical education. more
Chants of “Abby, Abby!” resonated through Coleman Country Day Camp in Merrick on Monday, as hundreds of campers got the chance to meet soccer phenom Abby Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the all-time leading scorer in international play –– among women or men –– in the sport’s history. more
Squads of muscled police officers in slate-colored jumpsuits crowded together on the sidewalk as we made our way up Stamboliiski Boulevard in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 23, two days after we touched down in the country’s capital. more
Here’s my tip for 2013’s crop of high school graduates, most of whom marched to “Pomp and Circumstance” last weekend: Don’t believe the hype. more
From time to time, I wonder what happened to Kiki. I interviewed her at a pizzeria in downtown Merrick in June 2004. At the time, she was 16 and a Calhoun High School junior. And she drank –– a lot. more
At a June 5 ceremony at the Woodbury Country Club, Herald Community Newspapers took home four honors in the Press Club of Long Island’s annual Media Awards contest. more
The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads. Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school. more
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