Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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“I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe.”
— R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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A small group of students from Oceanside High School had the rare opportunity to speak with their peers in Haiti via live video conference last month. The conference was hosted by Global Nomads …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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4/21/10
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At a meeting on April 12, the Island Park School District unveiled the revenue side of its budget, which includes a 2.83 percent increase in the district’s tax levy.
The levy, increasing from …
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Alex Costello
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4/21/10
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“If I had to choose one thing that I wanted in my life,” said teary-eyed eighth grader Jackie Gropper, “that would be it.”
Gropper just had front row seats to an …
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Ariella Monti
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4/14/10
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The 3rd annual Building Homes for Heroes 5K Run/Walk will take place on Sunday morning, April 18 at Hewlett Point Beach Park in Bay Park/East Rockaway. The race will begin at 9 a.m. sharp. Race …
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Mary Malloy
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4/14/10
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Ronan Tynan’s smooth tenor voice has filled St. Raymond’s Church in East Rockaway once before, for a funeral. He is returning there on April 24 for a happier occasion. One of the most …
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Mary Malloy
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4/14/10
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Oceanside High School hosted the district's second annual film festival April 8, screening over 40 student-made films ranging from comedies and commercials to music videos and documentaries.
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Annmarie Fertoli
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4/13/10
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New York is one of just a handful of states in the nation with no anti-bullying laws on the books. State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) is looking to change that with legislation that would …
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Andrew Hackmack and Annmarie Fertoli
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4/13/10
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Oceanside's Jon Kourie has been playing baseball for as long as he can remember. “I came into my own in that,” Kourie said. “It was just natural.” Now, at 26, he may finally have a shot at …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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4/13/10
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