Long Beach High School students Geoff Noss and Shawn Bochner are rallying their classmates to take the Don't Text and Drive pledge to help save lives and to win a private concert with pop sensation …
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5/21/10
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The Calhoun girls’ varsity badminton team recently won the Nassau County Championship with a 4-3 victory over Great Neck South. The Calhoun girls finished the season with a 15-0 record –– and their second straight championship. Team Captain Christina Strezenec won the overall singles title, beating out all other Nassau badminton players in a two-day tournament. With this win, Strezenec became the only player in Calhoun history to win four county titles playing a varsity sport.
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5/21/10
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Once again, New York state’s two biggest enemies — the ravenous unions and the legislators who are afraid to vote against them — have reared their ugly heads. Love him or hate him, let’s give our lame duck governor, David Paterson, credit for taking a stand.
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Al D'Amato
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5/20/10
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Board meetings
The Long Beach Board of Education will hold a meeting on May 25 and June 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the middle school.
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n LBHS band: May 24 at 7:30 p.m.LBHS …
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5/20/10
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From the very start of his school career, Cole Blum’s parents put him on track to achieve in school, but then very pushed him. That motivation came from within.
“I was always the one …
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ARIELLA MONTI
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5/20/10
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Former three-term Trustee Roy Lester racked up the most votes in the Board of Education election on Tuesday for the lone contested seat, and residents gave a thumbs up to the school district’s …
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ARIELLA MONTI
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5/18/10
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A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world.
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Scott Brinton
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5/17/10
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As a busy New York City wife, mother and attorney, Stephanie Bhonslay was searching for ways to spend quality time with her family. Gardening came to mind. Her concept grew into an idea for a business: providing personal coaching in the joy and know-how of gardening.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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5/14/10
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Residents will also vote on the school district's proposed $116 million 2010-11 budget, which is 1.6 percent larger than the current spending plan and increases the tax levy $1.6 million, or 1.9 …
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5/13/10
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More than 30 potential Long Beach lifeguards took to the recreation center pool at 7 am on May 9, in hopes of snagging one of 10 open positions.
“Last year, because of the depletion of …
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5/13/10
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