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Cradle of Aviation Education Coordinator Kevin Hershfield assisted sixth-grader Carl Montoya during the program.
Elmont’s summer school reinforces learning
Sixth-grade students enrolled in Elmont Union Free School District’s Academic Summer School program at Dutch Broadway School tested their math skills when they took part in the Cradle of … more
WALTER AND RYFKA SCHACHERL
A survivor’s story: Part 2
After World War II, Walter Schacherl returned to Palestine, where he had lived with his older brother before the war. Hope for a Jewish homeland marked life there, but so did strife. more
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Meyer Rothstein, who served on Okinawa Island during World War II, is turning 100 years old. He was joined by his wife of seven decades, Dorothy.
Merrick World War II hero turning 100
In the trying days after American Army and Marine forces stormed Okinawa Island on April 1, 1945, food was scarce. Merokean Meyer Rothstein, who fought with the Army at Okinawa and who turns 100 this month, foraged for wild garlic, whose shoots form tiny purple flowers that resemble sunbursts. more
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McVey Elementary School was one of 19 schools nominated in January by the State Education Department for the Blue Ribbon award.
Opt-outs may cost McVey coveted Blue Ribbon award
In January, McVey Elementary School Principal Kerry Dunne learned that her school was one of 19 across the state that had been nominated for the coveted Blue Ribbon award, a national honor that singles out schools with a record of academic excellence. more
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Volunteer counselor Alex Figueiredo worked with children in the arts and crafts room.
Campers discover their faith at St. William’s
“Camp Discovery” was the theme of the annual St. William the Abbot vacation Bible school, as children participated in music, arts, crafts and sports while learning about God. more
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Among the 75 volunteers this summer at the Wantagh Library are, from left, Jessica Belcic, Brandon Schroh, Thomas Moran, J.P. Moran, Matthew Schroh and Brianna Legovich. They help keep the summer reading program running smoothly, so the librarians can focus on their other duties.
Teens making library thrive
“I couldn’t do it without them,” Wantagh children’s librarian Susan Finck said of the 75 teenage volunteers who are assisting with this year’s summer reading program. more
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The campers at the Seaford summer recreation program love their counselors, as evidenced as they piled on P.J. Lochner, a Seaford High School senior, on the playground last week.
School’s out, Seaford summer recreation is in
Seaford’s summer recreation program is growing up. Now in its 10th year, children in the community can spend their weekday mornings at school, but without the books and the tests. more
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Veterinarian Dr. Lee Gelfand, of Merrick, above, struggled for months to restore his business, All Creatures Veterinary Hospital in Long Beach, after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. He was forced to take roughly $750,000 in private loans to keep the clinic afloat. Above, Gelfand at the hospital shortly after the storm.
Businesses slowly recover after Sandy
Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc. more
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New amendments to New York Rising Housing Program proposed
A public hearing was held at Freeport’s Village Hall on Tuesday, July 21, to hear residents’ reactions to proposed amendments to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery … more
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Library News
Jae Koan KIM of Freeport, right, with Hempstead Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad at the Freeport Memorial Library for the Senior I.D. Program. Through this free program, seniors can obtain ID cards, complete … more
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