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High school seniors all over the Herald’s coverage area are graduating. Tassels are moved, mortarboards are launched into the air and tears are shed by fellow grads, teachers, friends and relatives.
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6/28/12
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For the second straight year, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District held its graduation ceremonies at the NYCB Theater at Westbury, formerly the Westbury Music Fair. And for the second straight year, Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham seniors and their parents said they were happy about the location, as it allowed graduates and their families to sit in air-conditioned comfort through the hour-long celebrations.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/27/12
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As 1984 came to a close, it turned out that George Orwell’s Big Brother had not taken over the nation.
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6/21/12
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Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students in Adjunct Professor Scott Brinton’s Issues in Science Reporting class grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat on March 24 to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to join in and report on a massive cleanup of the wetlands.
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4/5/12
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Part three in a series on Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students of the arts.
Bellmorite Jamie Landau studied cupcakes while at Kennedy High School, from which the 17-year-old graduated with honors on Sunday.
Landau, who will attend the College of William & Mary in Virginia in the fall, explored the shape and texture of cupcakes. She looked for nuances in the folds and swirls of their frosted tops. She even took a job at New York Cupcakery in Bellmore, in part to familiarize herself with their every detail.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/30/11
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Much was the same about this year’s Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District graduation ceremonies on Sunday. Seniors came attired in their caps and gowns –– blue robes for Calhoun, green for Kennedy and red for Mepham. Excited parents showered their now adult children with flowers and balloons, and snapped hundreds of photos.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/27/11
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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students from Professor Scott Brinton’s Current Issues in Science Reporting class recently participated in and are reporting on an Envirothon that took place in the woodlands around the Meadowbrook Parkway in North Merrick, Roosevelt and Freeport on April 30. Brinton, of Merrick, is a senior editor and op-ed columnist with Herald Community Newspapers. The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce, headed by county Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, organized the event.
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5/11/11
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Under sunny skies, seniors in the class of 2010 at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools graduated on June 27 to the applause of parents, family members and friends. And the Herald was there to …
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Scott Brinton
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6/27/10
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