In room 420 of Bellmore’s Alchemy Tattoo Arts, customers can often be found sleeping while Jay Blondel works on a custom creation. His tattooing technique is so light-handed that he has earned the nickname “Gentle Jay.”
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/26/14
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Gillian Cohen was just 7 years old when she received a life-saving liver transplant, but she has never forgotten it.
Now a junior at Calhoun High School, Gillian spends much of her time working to help ensure that others in need of organ transplants get the same second chance at life that she did. The list of public venues in which she has spoken about the importance of organ donation has grown.
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By Brian Racow
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2/26/14
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Few kids, boys or girls, go through their childhood without playing with Legos. But as Bricks 4 Kidz is teaching them, there are many more things to do with the toy beyond simply connecting a few blocks.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/26/14
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The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven, nonprofit charitable organization that raises money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at Calhoun High School on March 18, when more than 200 people will shave their heads “in solidarity” with children with cancer and raise money to eradicate childhood cancers.
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2/26/14
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The children of Tutor Time in East Rockaway celebrated Valentine’s Day by wearing red and sharing the day of love with their friends and teachers.
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By Mary Malloy
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2/26/14
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Rockville Centre’s Boy Scout Troop 40 braved freezing weather and drippy noses over Presidents Day weekend at the Teddy Roosevelt Council’s annual Bluenose camping trip.
A small group of …
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2/26/14
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St. James United Methodist Church in Lynbrook hosted its annual Arts from the Heart fundraiser, with this year’s proceeds going to the Interfaith Nutrition Network.
The entertainment included …
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By Mary Malloy
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2/26/14
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We asked former Baldwin and Oceanside resident Devin Logan, who won a silver medal in slopestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, some questions we thought local residents would ask her.
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2/26/14
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Rebuild By Design, an initiative created in 2012 by President Obama and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has selected 10 teams to …
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By Vanessa Parker
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2/26/14
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On Feb. 18, a day before the Long Beach Medical Center filed for bankruptcy, the City Council voted unanimously to retain outside legal counsel to represent the city at the hospital’s bankruptcy …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/26/14
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