The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/17/12
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They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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Several people say that the holiday season should be spent with family. But what about for those who cannot be with their families?
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CLARISSA HAMLIN
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1/12/12
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“Isn’t it strange? How we all speak to you, write things to you, think about you; love you as if you were still elating us like you did. Perhaps it is because you still are; you live in us, in our minds, in our words to and fro … in our hearts now.” These words by Joseph I. Lanzilotta capture, with great acuity, how many of us have been feeling lately at Lawrence High School.
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KAYNAT KHALID
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1/12/12
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To pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Jewish Individualized Learning program, the Jewish Education Program in Lawrence will honor 11 of the program’s pioneers and 20 volunteers at their dinner on Saturday.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/5/12
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Hewlett fashion plates walk the runway
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An array of clothes and styles were viewed at the annual Hewlett High School SADD Fashion Show in the school’s auditorium on Dec. 2.
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12/15/11
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For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and …
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By Scott Brinton, Alex Costello and Jackie Nash
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12/14/11
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Host Oceanside and Lawrence split a pair of varsity basketball games in last Friday’s 7th Annual Tip-Off Classic presented by the Oceanside Rotary Club.
The evening opened with the Lady Sailors …
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Tony Bellissimo
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12/14/11
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Hard knocking hoops at Lawrence High
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The Hard Knox group held a 4-on-4 basketball tournament at Lawrence High School last Sunday.
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12/8/11
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‘Tis the season to be jolly! This year Lawrence had a great football season. The Golden Tornados won the Nassau County championship and made it to the Long Island Championship game.
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KAYNAT KHALID
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12/8/11
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