Spring means music and concerts for students in West Hempstead. Throughout the month of May, West Hempstead High and Middle schools, and the George Washington …
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6/9/10
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Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972.
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Scott Brinton
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6/9/10
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On the rebound from taxpayers’ rejection of the proposed school budget last month, West Hempstead school district administrators hustled to put together a revised proposal …
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Lee Landor
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6/2/10
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If we learned anything from last week’s elections, it’s that voters have become a lot smarter than we give them credit for. The May 18 primaries were just the first round of tests for many influential incumbents, and several big names flopped at the polls.
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Al D'Amato
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5/28/10
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Last week, 92 percent of Long Island school budgets won public approval. Aware of the public’s anger over rising taxes, most districts held their growth down to between 2 and 4 percent. Thankfully, the voters didn’t punish the children.
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Jerry Kremer
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5/28/10
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6th Grade
Billy AbelidoChristian ArayaKiara AugusteJoshua BarnesDavid BestRajesh BhagwandinAlyssa BicchettiGina BisonoJanae BoatwrightIzaiah BudhooCatherine …
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5/26/10
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Despite the rain, close to 3,000 West Hempstead taxpayers ventured out to the polls on May 18 to decide the fate of the school district budget and board. The …
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Lee Landor
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5/26/10
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The Calhoun girls’ varsity badminton team recently won the Nassau County Championship with a 4-3 victory over Great Neck South. The Calhoun girls finished the season with a 15-0 record –– and their second straight championship. Team Captain Christina Strezenec won the overall singles title, beating out all other Nassau badminton players in a two-day tournament. With this win, Strezenec became the only player in Calhoun history to win four county titles playing a varsity sport.
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5/21/10
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Once again, New York state’s two biggest enemies — the ravenous unions and the legislators who are afraid to vote against them — have reared their ugly heads. Love him or hate him, let’s give our lame duck governor, David Paterson, credit for taking a stand.
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Al D'Amato
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5/20/10
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This past April, when the West Hempstead High School Key Club struggled to raise funds to send members to a leadership training conference, the West Hempstead Kiwanis Club came to …
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5/19/10
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