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“It’s OK to be different,” MacArthur High School junior Katelyn Safoschnik said. “We all bleed the same color blood.”
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By Rebecca Anderson
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4/19/16
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More than 20 children got the chance to touch and observe live marine reptiles and other creatures at the Wantagh Public Library on March 25. Squeals of excitement filled the room as various bearded dragons, snakes and turtles all made an appearance.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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4/5/16
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The Rev. Kymberley Clemons-Jones started the W.A.N.T.E.D. Project in Valley Stream in 2011 to provide a mentoring program for local black and Hispanic boys. It has endured and is expanding, and its philosophy has crossed the Pacific and is being practiced on another continent.
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By Micah Danney
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3/30/16
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After high lead levels were detected in the water at schools in Ithaca and Newark, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer unveiled new legislation at Long Beach Middle School on Wednesday that would ease the burden on school districts throughout the state when it comes to costly water-quality testing.
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By Ben Strack and Anthony Rifilato
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3/24/16
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The Board of Education called on school officials last month to explore new options for the district’s lunch program after a presentation at the Feb. 25 board meeting projected a $368,000 loss for the current school year.
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By Ben Strack
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3/17/16
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Wantagh children from the Forest City neighborhood had fun making winter-themed crafts on Feb 27. Many families in the area have taken advantage of the Town of Hempstead’s free crafting programs for the last month to keep their children involved with local activities.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/1/16
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It’s been more than three years since Hurricane Sandy devastated the South Shore, and for anyone north of Sunrise Highway, the storm is largely an afterthought. But for many residents . . .
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2/18/16
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New high school courses and career programs are among the initiatives the Levittown School District plans to introduce next year, if its budget is approved by the public in May.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/10/16
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Island Park residents awoke last Sunday to the sound of rain on their roofs and the sight of flooding in the streets. Even Pershing Place, which has a new bulkhead, was filled with water.
Mayor …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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1/13/16
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Senior Rachel Mashal, the class of 2016 salutatorian, put fruit flies on a restricted diet to determine whether lower food intake would ward off drug addiction — specifically caffeine addiction — while also extending life. (As it turned out, it did both.)
Meanwhile, classmate Sarah Moussavi took on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing, and intriguing, questions: How certain are humans in their own decision-making? To reach a conclusion, she conducted a computer-controlled experiment at the NYU Center for Neural Science.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/13/16
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