“Just because you can’t speak doesn’t mean you don’t have a voice,” Jessica Pormigiano, a 19-year-old with selective mutism wrote. She communicates using a white board, because her condition prevents her from speaking in social settings.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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Neighbors from around the Franklin Square community gathered last Saturday for the first tree lighting of the holiday season.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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There’s no longer a need for a No. 2 pencil and filling in ovals when taking the SAT as the optional test used to measure a student’s reading, writing and math comprehension when applying to college moves to a fully-digital format in March 2024.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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Neighbors came out to trot off last week’s holiday and gear up for the next festivities of December during a turkey trot on Nov. 26.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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Franklin Square neighbors celebrated the start of the December holiday season at the Plattduetsche Park, Restaurant, Catering and Biergarten’s Christkindl Markt last weekend.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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UBS Arena and the Islanders Children’s Foundation helped pass out 200 meals to families in need in the Elmont community and surrounding communities on Nov. 20.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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Nassau police arrested three women for prostitution and other charges during an undercover investigation at Zen Retreat Spa in Franklin Square Thursday at 3:31 p.m.
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By Nicole Wagner
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12/1/23
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Perhaps we Americans are overly confident in the belief that our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment right to free speech, are inviolate.
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By Chuck Lavine
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11/30/23
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What does it mean to be antisemitic? Can Jews do better in fighting against it? This is a complex issue, and a difficult one. It requires looking outside and inside our community.
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By Shai Beloosesky
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11/30/23
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The older you get, the more you think about the times when things were simple and pleasurable. That especially applies to my years in school, when my only cares were . . .
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11/30/23
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