The first annual Family Community Day kicked off on Sept. 8 at the Family Life Worship Center in Elmont. The event was sponsored by New York State Senator Jack Martins and Bishop Christopher Cox II. …
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9/13/12
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Oceanside Family Dental performed pro bono work on two impoverished children from the Ukraine as part of the organization Operation Hearts and Home, a Long Island charity dedicated to helping orphans …
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9/5/12
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In ninth-grade English class, the word of the day was personification: attributing human traits to an inanimate object.
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By: Lauren Lev
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8/30/12
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The summer I was 4 years old and my brother was 7, we often took daytime walks with our mother to a local discount store. It was about a half mile from our apartment — a sort of a 99-cent and hardware store wrapped in one.
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By: Lauren Lev
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8/24/12
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We just returned from what I am now calling our Last Family Vacation House Rental.
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8/23/12
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The days are becoming noticeably shorter, and the air is gradually turning cooler. Children have returned from camp. Vacations spent at the beach or in the mountains are ending.
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8/23/12
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The unexpected colliding of two events motivated my family to return to my husband’s stomping grounds in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn one summer Sunday: Carmela “Mama” Sbarro’s passing earlier this season and our foodie son’s keen interest to try the local restaurant, well-known for its pizza and spumoni.
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By: Lauren Lev
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8/10/12
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Early last week, John Kilikci and his 3-year-old son, Emrah, saw the rides being set up in the Blessed Sacrament Church parking lot, just down the block from their McKeon Avenue home. Patiently they waited until Thursday evening, when the second annual Family Festival began.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/8/12
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On a typical morning, about 300 children, teens and adults are scattered throughout Barrett Park, home to Valley Stream’s summer camp. But there’s far fewer last names, as many sets of siblings go there together as campers, or work there together as counselors. And, in a few cases, there’s one of each in a family.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/2/12
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The Topsingers, who will be singing a cappella in an oldies concert at the Patchogue Theater on June 30, are a family affaira, dating back to Brooklyn in the 1940s.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/20/12
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