In honor of Black History Month, local author Ama Karikari Yawson visited Elmont’s Alden Terrace School for a storytelling performance and discussion on Feb. 15.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/15/24
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Students at Elmont’s Dutch Broadway School in from kindergarten through sixth grade showed their families what they learned and have been working on in their winter clubs on Feb. 15.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/15/24
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Around 200 members of the Elmont community gathered at Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream last weekend to celebrate Black History Month and Women’s History Month.
The event was …
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/8/24
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Food, raffles and a variety of suits and dresses will be available free of charge at a prom-attire giveaway in the Junior Cafe at Elmont High School from 1 to 4 p.m., on April 20.
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Layne Groom
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3/8/24
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Elmont community members learned about resources avaialble to them, including a free tax assessment grievances seminar last week at Elmont Memorial Library.
The meeting was hosted by …
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Rei Wolfsohn
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3/8/24
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Demolition of Belmont Park's 1.25 million-square-feet grandstand and clubhouse is expected to begin in March and continue through early July. It will be replaced with a roughly 275,000-square-feet building, which increases the amount of unstructured green space available to fans by reducing the overall footprint of the building.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/4/24
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Community members celebrated the Elmont Memorial Library board’s unanimous vote to reinstate early voting at the facility at a board meeting on Feb. 22. In January, residents were outraged at the board’s decision to discontinue hosting early voting at the library, based on alleged “safety concerns” that arose during electioneering in the run-up to last fall’s election, when early voting took place between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/1/24
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Five Elmont Memorial High School science research students recently presented at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. The Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, also known as LISEF, is a competition for the most advanced high school projects, and the participants present to professionals in their subject areas from local universities, scientific institutions and in the field.
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By Nicole Wagner
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3/1/24
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A total of $2.4 million from the Belmont Park Redevelopment Project’s funding agreement has been allocated to the Elmont school district for security enhancements of doors in the district’s six elementary schools.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/23/24
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Fourth, fifth and sixth grade students at Elmont’s Clara H. Carlson School participated in a Scripps Spelling Bee Competition.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/23/24
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