It’s been said, at times, that the journey is more important than the destination. In the case of the Long Beach High School football team, the road to the opening round of the Nassau Conference II …
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By ANDREW McCLURE
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11/14/12
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Some may argue growing a mustache really is no big deal. However, I believe that the mustache is the heaviest of all facial hair. There is no beard to draw the eye’s attention and unless you have …
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By Anthony Balsamo
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10/19/12
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With the Long Beach Marines posting victories in their first three games of the season, spirits were especially high as fans filled the stands at Veterans Memorial Field to cheer their team on …
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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10/3/12
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The Long Beach Board of Education has approved a capital reserve initiative to cover the cost of the reconstruction of an area of Long Beach Hig
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By Vanessa Canner
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9/5/12
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After three years of construction, the Long Beach School District’s face-lift is more than halfway complete.
School officials presented an overview of work currently underway at Lido Elementary School and Long Beach Middle School at the July 24 Board of Education meeting, where they discussed details of construction work that began last year.
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By Vanessa Canner
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8/15/12
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Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Connolly was known for lifting people’s spirits. “He had a big enough heart for everyone,” said Jimmy Zozzaro, a New York City police officer who met Connolly when they were both in fourth grade. “When we were 14 or 15 years old, he would take us to the city and he knew everywhere to go … and he always made friends. There’s a piece of us missing now.”
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/8/12
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“I would say easily that eight out of 10 parties where people are getting alcohol would be at someone’s house — most of the time parents were not there,” said Russell Stein, 20, a Long Beach High School graduate and a member of Long Beach Medical Center’s Coalition Against Underage Drinking. “It was seen as stupid to go out and get your beer at a bar. The majority [of teenagers] knew that you would get caught.”
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/1/12
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On Sunday, July 15, 12 of Corey Lovrich’s closest friends, along with some parents and girlfriends, planted a memorial garden in front of the Lovrich’s West Hudson Street home as a way to honor their late friend.
“It was just like losing a brother,” Kyle Johnson said of Lovrich’s death on May 31, when he lost his battle with colon cancer. “We’re all best friends and we’ve all known each other since first grade or kindergarten. We’re pretty much family.”
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By Vanessa Canner
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7/25/12
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“I woke up this morning and I went into his room and I grabbed his pillow and I hugged it and I just sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him, because I know he’s still with me,” Christopher Cuzzo’s father, Chris Cuzzo Sr., told the crowd at a candlelight ceremony for his late son on Tuesday. “I think about him every day, and I’ll always hold him here in my heart.”
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By Vanessa Canner
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7/11/12
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Long Beach High School student Christopher Cuzzo died on July 6 from unknown causes. He would have been a senior in September.
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By Vanessa Canner
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7/9/12
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