Wantagh and Seaford have announced that they will be closed tomorrow, Feb. 13, for a snow day.
Last minute shifts in the forecast prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Winter …
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By Ben Fiebert
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2/12/24
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To help fight a national blood emergency, the Seaford community came together last weekend to raise awareness of the importance of giving blood — and to donate.
On Saturday, the Lions Club …
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By Charles Shaw
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2/9/24
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Not many could lay claim to have coached in the same school district for more than four decades — but Ralph Rossetti could.
At 74 years old, Rossetti is completing his 43 rd year as coach …
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By Charles Shaw
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2/9/24
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To become both stronger readers and writers, sixth graders at Seaford Middle School have been studying figurative language. Teacher Richard Thau wanted to bring some excitement to the linguistics …
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2/9/24
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On Feb. 3, Mulcahy’s Pub & Music Hall in Wantagh played host to the 19th Annual Tribute to James D. McNaughton, a New York City police officer and Army Reservist who died in 2005 to sniper …
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2/9/24
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In a poignant tribute to valor and sacrifice, Wantagh American Legion Post 1273 hosted a Four Chaplain Day Ceremony on Feb. 4, attended by local elected officials, veterans, and community members.
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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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The history of America’s relationship with the indigenous peoples who lived here before the arrival of European settlers has been fraught with sugarcoating, obfuscation, and downright ignorance.
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By Will Sheeline
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2/9/24
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It was a simple question: “How is everybody doing?”
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2/9/24
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Having served in the Assembly for 23 years, I can’t avoid comparing the Legislature of my days and the current one. So much has changed, a lot of it for the good. There are now such things as electronic voting, immediate access to pending legislation, a modern sound system and many other changes that make legislating so much faster, easier and smarter.
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By Jerry Kremer
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2/9/24
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