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The East Rockaway unified basketball team faced a squad from Long Beach on May 2 at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School.
East Rockaway's unified basketball team inspires students
East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School’s unified basketball team continues to inspire players with and without intellectual disabilities. more
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Volunteers at Jones Beach Park rolled out beach access mats, which are used to help disabled beachgoers get closer to the shoreline, as a part of I Love My Park Day.
Long Islanders show love to Wantagh parks
On May 5, about 200 Long Islanders helped beautify and prepare Jones Beach and the Twin Lakes Preserve for the summer season as part of the seventh annual I Love My Park Day more
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The late Charley Norkus, of Wantagh, was inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. His son, Charles Norkus III, of Wantagh, second from right, and grandnephew Tim Emmel, of Blue Point, second from left, accepted Norkus’s award from the hall’s president, Bob Duffy, far left, and New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame President Henry Hascup.
Wantagh knockout artist inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame
On April 29, former Wantagh resident Charley Norkus II was inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame 22 years after his death. more
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Dr. Kishore Kuncham, superintendent of Freeport Public Schools and Michael Pomerico, President of the Freeport Board of Education.
District cuts tax levy for 4th straight year
For the fourth straight year, the Freeport School District has proposed a budget that lowers the tax levy — the total amount that the district must raise in taxes to meet expenses. In 2018-19, … more
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Since Aug. 4, 1929, Jones Beach State Park, in Wantagh, has been a vacation destination for tourists and locals alike. This postcard from the Tomlin Art Company may be familiar to those who have visited the park.
Jones Beach: memories told through postcards
Constantine E. Theodosiou, of Cedarhurst, details some of its history through postcards and images in his book “Jones Beach,” part of the Arcadia Publishing Postcard History Series. more
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The Lakeview Fire Department and Nassau County EMS workers teamed up to rescue people trapped in the bus.
Residents, state officials react in aftermath of Southern State bus crash in Lakeview
South Shore elected leaders are calling on the state to upgrade safety measures on Long Island parkways after a charter bus carrying students from Kennedy Airport to Suffolk County recently crashed into the Eagle Avenue bridge in Lakeview, nearly shearing off the bus’s roof and injuring three dozen students and chaperones, six of them seriously. more
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Freeport High School cheerleaders took part in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Cheerleading Championship in Syracuse on March 3, and finished fifth.
Cheer squad leaps to a top U.S. ranking
The Freeport High School cheerleading team tumbled, twirled and danced its way into the school’s history books by earning a ranking of 22nd in the nation this season, while winning titles and … more
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Paul Lynch, left, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent of finance, operations and information systems, presented the district’s smart bond proposal in December 2016. Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak, second from left, wrote a letter to the State Education Department last month after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., because the nearly $893,000 plan — which focuses on school safety initiatives — has yet to be approved.
Lynbrook school officials awaiting funds for safety initiatives
With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not. more
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The New York State High School Football Coaches Association named Dan Vito, right, the New York State Assistant Football Coach of the Year for his work with the East Rockaway varsity football team. Above, Vito with Rocks head coach Russ Pajer at a special ceremony on Feb. 9.
East Rockaway alum named NYS Assistant Coach of the Year
Dan Vito credits his uncle, Joe Vito, for inspiring him to become a football coach when he played under him as an 8-year-old on the East Rockaway Raiders, and again in high school. more
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Dr. Joni Scheidt gave Ava Huttman, 12, an injection at Oyster Bay Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Docs: Flu season isn’t over yet
Second part in a series. The New York State Department of Health reported last week that reported cases of the flu decreased by 3 percent, but as baseball legend Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t … more
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