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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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By Rosemary Leonetti
The afternoon thundershowers that forced the Lynbrook High School commencement indoors last Friday did nothing to dampen the spirits of the families and friends who celebrated …
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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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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Amid controversy over a highly publicized water balloon fight among some members of the East Rockaway High School junior and senior classes just 10 days before graduation, 14 of the 119 graduating seniors were not allowed to attend the ceremony.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/29/11
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Though the threat of rain prompted the district to move the Lynbrook High School graduation indoors, the change of venue did not dampen the spirits of the seniors or their guests as the 240 graduates proudly marched down the aisle of the high school gym amid the cheers of family and friends.
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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6/29/11
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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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UPDATE: The East Rockaway Board of Education released this statement on Wednesday afternoon:
On Tuesday, June 21, the Board of Education met in executive session for nearly four hours to review the Superintendent’s decision regarding the incidents which occurred at the Junior-Senior High School at dismissal on Tuesday, June 14. The board considered the case of each individual student, regardless of whether the parents had filed a formal appeal to the board...
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By Mary Malloy
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6/22/11
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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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East Rockaway High School held its graduation ceremonies on June 25 in the Harry Bunting Auditorium with a filled-to-capacity audience of proud family members and friends there to witness the culmination of 13 years of schooling for the Class of 2010.
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Mary Malloy
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6/30/10
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