Following in his mother Gloria’s footsteps, Atlantic Beach resident Scott Lipschitz joined the Atlantic Beach Rescue Squad at 16 for the adrenaline rush he got when the calls came in.
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By Ann Friedman
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7/5/12
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In what’s become an era of specialization, the three-sport high school athlete is a dying breed, albeit far from extinct. Finding a three-sport varsity head coach is much more difficult, but they do exist.
With all due respect to those pulling triple duty in cross-country, winter track and field, and spring track and field in what seems like every school in the Herald’s coverage area, coaching three entirely different sports put Baldwin’s Darius Burton, East Rockaway’s Joe Lores, Long Beach’s T.J. Burke and West Hempstead’s Chris Van Kovics in select company.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/12
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The sky is aglow with post-July Fourth fireworks in Rockville Centre and Long Beach.
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By Karen Bloom
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7/3/12
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“This project is breaking the first rule in Real Estate 101: Don’t fall in love with the bricks,” said Allegria Hotel owner Allen Rosenberg, 49, sitting at a table in the hotel’s lounge …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/28/12
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It's time to enjoy those July Fourth fireworks. The pyrotechnics are always glorious and with the holiday falling midweek – on Wednesday this year – the festivities begin early, so we can partake of holiday merriment throughout the week.
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By Karen Bloom
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6/27/12
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Summer is all about cool swims on sun-drenched days. But without a measure of common sense, swimming — in a backyard pool, at the local public pool or in the ocean — can turn dangerous, even deadly.
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6/21/12
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The end of the school year is upon us. Now that graduations, Moving Up Day ceremonies, locker and desk cleanouts and all those other June rituals are winding down, those lazy days of summer beckon.
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6/21/12
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Arrests
INWOOD – Parmjit Singh, 63, of Richmond Hill in Queens, was arrested for driving while intoxicated on the Nassau Expressway at 9:34 p.m. on June 7, police said.
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6/20/12
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Village elections were held in Atlantic Beach, Lawrence, Woodsburgh, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck on June 19. The only contested race was for mayor of Atlantic Beach.
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By Ann Friedman
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6/19/12
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Hewlett-Lawrence Soccer Club celebrates with a beach party
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Kids from the Hewlett-Lawrence Soccer Club received awards and enjoyed a night of swimming and beach soccer at the Sands Beach Club in Atlantic Beach on June 8 in celebration of the end of their season.
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6/14/12
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