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Calhoun High School students are reaching out to help those touched by the disaster in Haiti. Calhoun is beginning relief efforts this weekend with the On Tour Company's production of "On The Razzle," collecting donations for Yele Haiti, an internationally recognized aid agency.
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Sari Zeidler
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1/18/10
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Fireworks have exploded and the ball has dropped once again; 2010 has officially begun. This New Year, we are entering an entirely new decade. Who knows what to expect during the next 10 years? Past decades each seem to have distinctly stood out with specific connotations and names for themselves. The 1960s are commonly remembered as the hippie years, when young people listened to new forms of music and felt free and rebellious. A number of years later, the 1990s came along, and technology advanced to a whole new level, introducing us to the first DVD player and cell phones with built-in visual displays.
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Stephanie Fleischer
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1/15/10
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Aqua America Inc., based in Bryn Mawr, Pa., provides water or wastewater services to 3 million people in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It is traded on the New York Stock exchange under the symbol WTR. Founded in 1968 as the Philadelphia Suburban Corporation, it was renamed Aqua America Inc. in 2004, and acquired New York Water in 2007. In Bellmore-Merrick it operates under the name Aqua New York.
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Deirdre Krasula
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1/15/10
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The Merrick Force U11 travel soccer team and the Merrick Police Activity League are holding clothing drives to help Haitians devastated by a major earthquake this week. The Force and PAL are partnering with Harold Valestin, who is working directly with Yele.org and the Hatian consulate.
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1/14/10
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As many members of the Haitian community on Long Island anxiously await to hear from loved ones from their devastated homeland, local organizations and county agencies are mobilizing relief efforts …
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Mike Caputo and Andrew Hackmack
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1/14/10
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For 75 years, local merchants and caring community members in Merrick have been brought together through the Chamber of Commerce. On Jan. 7, the chamber celebrated the milestone with a swanky soirée at the Carltun restaurant in East Meadow.
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by Sari Zeidler
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1/14/10
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I think he would approve,” entertainer Don Anthony said of his portrayal of Elvis Presley. “He’s probably looking down and smiling now.”
Anthony, who lives in Westbury, has been doing Elvis impersonations for a decade now, and admits that he still gets the chills when he dons the costume. His calendar fills up around this time of the year. Elvis would have been 75 on Jan. 8 — and in August, the month that Elvis died in 1977.
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Mary Malloy
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1/14/10
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Throughout his campaign for county executive, Ed Mangano cited the need for reform of Nassau County's much-maligned assessment system. Seven days into his term, Mangano unveiled his plan of …
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Mike Caputo and Mike Russo
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1/13/10
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In her freshman year at Kennedy High School in 2007, Bellmorite Stefanie Busgang suddenly started to lose her memory. The then 14-year-old couldn't remember how she got from one room to the next. "I was sitting in one place, and I'd be wondering how I got there," she recalled.
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Scott Brinton
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1/13/10
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The North Merrick School District Board of Education voted four to two, with one abstention, to ratify a new four-year teachers' contract at a Jan. 13. public meeting.
Prior to the meeting, contracts in the district were expired since 2008.
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by Sari Zeidler
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1/13/10
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