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John Gould in the gymnasium at the Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park, where he was a teacher and coach for 27 years. The gym was scheduled to be named in his honor on Tuesday.
Hegarty gym named for teacher, coach
John Gould had come back on Sept. 23 to the school district where he had worked for 27 years, ostensibly to listen to officials honor a former colleague of his who had recently retired. He was … more
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The waiting room after the hospital
Sandy now a distant memory
For local residents, Oct. 29, 2012 will be one of a handful of historic dates that those on the south shore of Long Island will remember for the rest of their lives, talking about where they were … more
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Tax levy up, as well as phone calls
Lou Frontario, the Oceanside Schools assistant superintendent for business, sit at his desk these days waiting for the angry phone calls that he knows will soon be coming in the wake of the Town of … more
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Oceanside resident Jill Weber Greenfield, a manager for the New York City Parks Department, was assisted by Ray Pagano, a co-chair of the local Community Reconstruction Program committee, at a public meeting Oct 9 at St. Anthony
Reconstruction committee hosts first public meeting
Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy devastated portions of Oceanside, Island Park, Harbor Isle and Barnum Island, a committee of residents from those communities hosted a public forum on at St. … more
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Howard Schwach
Kennedy's assassination coming up on 50 years
Anybody who was born subsequent to 1953 can probably tell you exactly where he or she was when they first heard the news that John F. Kennedy was dead, the victim of an assassin’s bullet while on a … more
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Harbor Isle resident Nicholas Mela in front of the gate of the former Cibro oil transfer site. If developers have their way, the site may one day hold a mixed-use development consisting of 32 condominiums and 140 rental apartments. Mela opposes it.
Harbor Isle development a toss-up
After a contentious two-hour Hempstead Town Board hearing at which more than 20 people commented on a proposal to build 32 condominiums and 140 rental units on a contaminated piece of land in Harbor … more
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Howard Schwach
Where is the proof that Common Core works?
In its rush to coerce states to adopt the new Common Core standards, the federal government forgot a major step that is always associated with viable educational reform. Nobody ever bothered to … more
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Alec Sapounas was charged with setting fire to the patio area outside Phat Daddy
Pub patio damaged by fire
An Oceanside man was charged with arson and reckless endangerment after he allegedly poured gasoline on the floor of a picnic area outside a local pub, and lit it. According to 4th Squad … more
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Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka, left, Fire Chief Anthony D
After a tearful ceremony, a heartless theft
The story of a new playground, named for a 6-year-old victim of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last December, ended on a sour note when thieves stole the centerpiece of … more
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Anna D'Amaro sands in front of her Island Park home with a photo of her nephew, Philip, who died of cancer a week prior to Sandy.
Raising the roof, as well as the rest of the house
If it weren’t for bad luck, Island Park resident Anna D’Amaro would have no luck at all. Count the ways. A week prior to Hurricane Sandy, which wiped out her ranch home, D’Amaro’s … more
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