The winter of 2011-12 has been thankfully calm thus far. However, snow is bound to fall eventually. And when it does, the Village of Island Park is ready to take care of it.
“We’re all …
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Alex Costello
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1/11/12
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Victor Nitlow, a longtime Island Park resident and a pilot for Pan American World Airways, died in his home in Naples, Fla., on Dec. 12. He was 91.
Nitlow was born Victor Nittolo in Brooklyn in …
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1/4/12
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Joe Satriano’s life changed forever when his wife of 29 years, Susan, died of breast cancer in October 2005.
Satriano, 59, an Oceanside resident, had retired four years early from Roslyn High …
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Alex Costello
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12/28/11
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On Dec. 8, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that $785 million will be awarded to various initiatives around the state through the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Long Island will be …
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Alex Costello
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12/21/11
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Residents who attended an Island Park Civic Association meeting last week received a project update from the company that is remodeling Abbey Manor.
Charlotte Seltzer, senior vice president of …
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Alex Costello
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12/21/11
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“It was probably the best high school experience I had,” said Blake Smith, an Oceanside High School senior who competed as a National Finalist in this year’s Siemens Competition in Math, …
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Alex Costello
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12/14/11
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Coming from the ideas that it received last year from its Build a Better Burb Contest, the Long Island Index launched a new website last week that aims to give the information needed for effective …
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Alex Costello
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12/14/11
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Oceanside High School student Blake Smith’s study of a possible cure for cancer was one of 12 projects nationwide chosen to be a National Finalist in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and …
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Alex Costello
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12/7/11
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The second time that Maurice Vegh met a member of the 87th Infantry Division, it was at a September barbecue at a Bristal Assisted Living Community in North Woodmere, where Vegh ran into Harold …
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Alex Costello
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12/7/11
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They call it the Class of ’84 Turkey Bowl.
Every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a group of friends from Oceanside High School (and earlier) get together to play a game of football and …
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Alex Costello
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11/30/11
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