Bob died peacefully surrounded by family on October 10. Born in Flushing, Queens, Bob was a life-long resident of Valley Stream and graduated from Valley Stream Central High School, Class of 1970. He …
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By Juan Lasso
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10/20/23
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PTAs welcome Santa
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The Clear Stream Avenue and Howell Road School PTAs recently hosted their annual Breakfast with Santa events for children and parents. Clear Stream's breakfast was on Dec. 10, and Howell Road held its event on Dec. 17.
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12/21/11
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It looked like a 1970s medical office. That’s how Nadelyn Backer described the conditions of the Comprehensive Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital.
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By Juan Lasso
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9/29/23
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“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Mary Malloy and Jeff Bessen
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4/24/13
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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.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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There’s a new coalition looking to change the narrative on Long Island while providing access to resources, training and grant money for member organizations.
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Rei Wolfsohn
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1/18/24
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Valley Stream seniors graduate
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More than 700 students graduated from Valley Stream high schools on Friday afternoon. Commencement exercises were held simultaneously at North, South and Central High Schools.
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6/25/10
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All Valley Stream schools will be closed for the remainder of the week. An announcment was recently made that schools will not open on Thursday and Friday, due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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10/31/12
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A Lindenhurst man was charged in a one-crash where a vehicle he was driving overturned on Rosedale Road near Lawrence Court in North Woodmere and killed the lone passenger, Pablo Rivera, of Valley …
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By Juan Lasso
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2/22/24
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Hurricane Sandy came and went and left a trail of destruction behind in Valley Stream that rivaled many other South Shore communities, though it fared better than coastal areas.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/31/12
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