Fifteen seconds was all Oceanside High School senior Ben Rivezzo needed to turn potential heartbreak into a lifetime achievement.
Trailing Juan Ramos by a point in the waning moments of Nassau …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/14/24
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After a contentious special election, Tom Suozzi has won back his old seat in Congress with 5.8. Despite a vigorous campaign by his Republican opponent Mazi Melesa Pilip, Suozzi’s election …
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By Will Sheeline
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2/13/24
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Oceanside Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday Feb. 13 amid the National Weather Service issuing a Winter Storm Warning, as the biggest snow storm in over two years is set to hit the area. …
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By Ben Fiebert
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2/12/24
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The Oceanside track and field team turned plenty of heads at the Section 8 Class A competition thanks to the boys’ legs and the girls’ arms.
The second-place boys’ team fell …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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2/12/24
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The Sands, in Atlantic Beach, hosted the Limb Kind Foundation’s fourth annual Show Your Shine Adaptive Runway Show last Saturday.
The event is organized by Jill Smith, an occupational therapist …
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By Abigail Grieco
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2/9/24
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The Island Park Fire Department received advanced training on the “Lifeline Arm”, a defibrillator and CPR machine made by Defibtech and purchased by the Barnum Island Fire District. The district …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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2/9/24
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It’s that time of year when we celebrate all loving relationships, especially romantic love! The day when countless Valentine’s Day cards, flowers and heart-shaped gifts of love and affection are …
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By Donna Pisacano Brown
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2/9/24
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Island Park with residents was met with an unexpected appearance at Costello’s Ace Hardware parking lot on Feb. 1 after an 18-wheeler rolled into the ACE parking lot to unveil the GRAVE DIGGER …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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2/9/24
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It was a packed house at the Oceanside Library as local community groups and non-profit organizations came by on Feb. 4 to show what their groups are all about and offer volunteer opportunities. …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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2/9/24
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Forget scary movies or the end of the world — what scares almost all of us the most, by far, is getting a voicemail from a family member, telling you to call back right away because “it’s important.”
My 90-year-old father did that last week, a message I got on my phone as I was walking from what had been an enlightening and productive meeting with a school superintendent. The last several months had been filled with difficult calls like this. My mother’s cancer. My stepmother’s passing. Learning that a former colleague is gravely ill.
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By Michael Hinman
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2/9/24
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