Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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The transition from sixth grade to seventh grade can be a difficult time for elementary school students and their parents. Realizing this, the Carey administration and Pupil Personnel Services …
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1/25/13
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Sewanhaka students from Mrs. Bascetta’s Spanish classes went to LIU Tilles Center of the Performing Arts to see “Tales of Spain.” The students were introduced to the art of Spanish dance …
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1/25/13
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Carey guidance counselors Stephen Carpaneto and Bethann LeStarnge facilitated Carey’s annual Alumni Connection Day. The day involved members of the class of 2012, many dressed in the colors of …
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1/15/13
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Last month, Sewanhaka High School staff and students participated in a Beard and Moustache Shave-Off. Participants in the program spent up to two months growing their facial hair out for the event. …
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1/15/13
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The turning of the calendar into 2013 presents community members with the opportunity to take a step back and reexamine their priorities for the coming year. Local governments, such as the Town of …
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David Weingrad
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1/8/13
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Hurricane Sandy attacked without mercy, leaving more than a million Long Islanders without power and wrecking tens of thousands of homes near the shoreline. Then a second disaster struck.
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12/13/12
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The hurricane-force winds and the mountainous storm surge are now just bad memories, but in many areas of the Heralds’ coverage area, Hurricane Sandy’s consequences will live on for weeks, months or years.
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11/29/12
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Almost 18 months after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history cut a swath through the heart of Joplin, Mo., I discovered some words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer I have long admired.
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Carol Stark
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11/16/12
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There are few elected leaders who appear to love their jobs as much as State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick.
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11/2/12
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