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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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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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Cedarhurst native and World War II veteran Lester Lewis Hoffman died on March 24.
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4/14/11
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The New York Times reported last week that three-quarters of the 17,500 freshman at City University of New York’s six community colleges require remedial classes in reading and writing and math.
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Randi Kreiss
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3/10/11
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The Nassau County district attorney’s office has created a new program to deal with the growing number and severity of cyber-bullying incidents, and presented the program to Hewlett High School ninth- and 10th-graders on Dec. 9.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/15/10
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With the school year complete and with summer upon us, bullying won’t be a problem for a couple of months, right? Wrong.
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6/29/10
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Sixteen high school students, who were selected to participate in the annual Students in Government Day on May 26, accepted the keys to the Town of Hempstead from Supervisor Kate Murray. Two Five Towns students, Alexandra Shafran, from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, and Kelsea Medard, from Hewlett High School, participated as honorary officials.
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Lori Gross
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6/16/10
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A fourth-grade teacher tells me this story:
She advises an after-school club for children who want to work on a special project for a science fair. She can only accept 10 students, and she chooses those who step up first with their plans. They set a due date for completion. Part of the project requires the students to interview a science teacher and write up the Q & A.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/17/09
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The quick thinking of three teens helped save the lives of an elderly couple that were fast asleep early Monday morning as their Lynbrook home caught fire. Now, the three youths are being heralded as heroes.
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Mary Malloy
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8/27/09
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