Dozens of local residents attended a candlelight vigil in memory of Trayvon Martin on April 3, at Elmont Road Park in North Valley Stream, held by the Elmont Cardinals sports club.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The Easter Bunny was really a beach bunny when he made an appearance at the Cape Cod Homeowners Association’s Easter Egg Hunt on Sun. April 1 at 2 p.m. on Hewlett Point Beach.
The children …
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By Mary Malloy
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4/5/12
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Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/2/12
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Some 270 volunteers grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat last Saturday to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to clean up more than 18 tons of rubber tires, Styrofoam buoys, aluminum cans and plastic bottles trapped amid the reeds and rushes.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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3/28/12
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For nearly 50 years, New Park Haircutters has been a fixture in Rockville Centre — an upscale barber shop with a personal touch.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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3/22/12
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After studying research showing that students with attention deficit issues have more success with reading when they have the opportunity to move, fourth-grade teacher Jessica Kuehn and physical …
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3/7/12
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Under the leadership of teacher Susan Lindner, students at the Lynbrook School District’s Waverly Park School have been doing their part to become world and local ecologists.
Lindner began by …
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2/29/12
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Students at Lynbrook’s Waverly Park School welcomed U.S. Army Ranger Christopher Levi last Friday to a special assembly held in his honor.
This year’s school-wide theme is, “Be the …
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By Mary Malloy
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2/22/12
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Mary Bellissimo-DeGregorio of North Bellmore grew up in Seaford, not far from Nassau County’s Tackapausha Museum and Preserve on Washington Avenue. The mother of a 24-year-old and a 6-year-old said that admission to the museum cost 25 cents when she was a child.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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2/17/12
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A new bulkhead currently under construction in Bay Park is drawing the ire from some concerned citizens due to its height. The new bulkhead will stand approximately 18 inches taller than its …
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By Brian Croce
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1/25/12
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