Late last month, a new sign on Long Beach Road sparked curiosity among some Rockville Centre residents. In welcoming blue letters on a white backdrop, it reads, “The Backyard” with “An Inclusive Community” beneath it. Though it’s a new storefront, the group that will open it in early September is a community mainstay: the Backyard Players and Friends.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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8/19/21
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Volunteers of all ages rolled up their sleeves last Saturday for a cleanup near Lakeview’s Long Island Rail Road stop. Local groups such as Moms Who Care and Creative Little Learners led the …
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8/19/21
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The Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality.
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By Alan Singer
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8/19/21
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Rockville Centre School District officials recently announced that all students will be required to wear masks indoors and on buses at the start of the school year — a decision that has been met with mixed reactions from parents.
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By Mike Smollins
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8/18/21
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Rockville Centre Superintendent June Chang announced his resignation on Tuesday, though he will not leave the position for nine months.
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By Mike Smollins
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8/17/21
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An image sticks in my mind. At the peak of the pandemic, my daughter sent a photo: My granddaughter, 11, was lying in bed in a dark room, “attending math class” online. It had an apocalyptic feel about it . . .
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8/12/21
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On August 7, The Ryan Patrick O’Shea Foundation returned to Lister Park to hold its second annual Rise Up for Ryan 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament and Suicide Awareness Walk to raise money for the foundation’s continued work to increase mental health awareness local schools and communities.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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8/11/21
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The Rockville Centre Board of Education held an emergency meeting Monday night to respond to the protests that followed the trustees’ decision not to rehire South Side High School’s county-championship-winning girls’ varsity soccer coach, Jennifer Abgarian, and her assistant, Chris Aloisi — but a revote is not in the works.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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8/5/21
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Nine Nassau County students, including four from Valley Stream, one from Elmont and one from Freeport, took part in this year’s Hofstra University High School Summer Journalism Institute, learning firsthand the ins and outs of the media industry.
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By Matthew Cudahy
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8/4/21
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Here’s a quick note to United Airlines. You know that deal you recently announced with Boom Supersonic that has you placing options to purchase 15 Overture aircraft, the still-to-be-built supersonic transport planes?
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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7/29/21
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