The end of the school year is upon us. Now that graduations, Moving Up Day ceremonies, locker and desk cleanouts and all those other June rituals are winding down, those lazy days of summer beckon.
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6/21/12
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The Topsingers, who will be singing a cappella in an oldies concert at the Patchogue Theater on June 30, are a family affaira, dating back to Brooklyn in the 1940s.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/20/12
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It is said that there are only two stories: Boy Meets Girl or A Stranger Comes to Town. The runaway best-selling trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” is both of these and then some.
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6/7/12
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May is National Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month — just in time for summer.
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5/31/12
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Bettors and trainers are preparing for a new season at Belmont Park, which is marked by the bustling track’s Opening Day. Belmont’s Spring/Summer Meet, which has long been a popular, family-friendly series of events, begins Friday.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/25/12
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Hurricane Irene was the first hurricane to touch ground in the U.S. since 2008. For the first time in its history, the New York City transportation system was shut down. Mayor Bloomberg and our local …
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Al D'Amato
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9/1/11
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The Franklin Square Union Free School District’s summer special education program, which runs for six weeks each summer and is designed for children on the autism spectrum, ended this summer on Aug. 16.
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By Jackie Nash
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8/29/11
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For hundreds of students, the summer has meant trips to the beach, playing sports and relaxing. For some local students, however, the summer has also meant reading.
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By James Fitz Gerald
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7/13/11
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The joke’s on me. In the 1990s I wrote an April Fools’ Day column about outsized, outrageous and off-the-charts summer camp programs for kids.
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7/7/11
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Exhibits and more...
Body MappingThe exhibit commemorates the opening of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Works by contemporary artists, Tina Blondell, Giedre …
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7/6/11
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