A few months ago, I spit into a vial all the way up to the black line and sent my spit away to a laboratory in California.
Now, thanks to a new DNA identification program driven by Ancestry.com, …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/25/13
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The Town of Hempstead board will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 1 to decide whether or not a proposed development in the Harbor Isle section of Island Park will get its approval to start cleaning up …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/25/13
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The 12-member Community Reconstruction Zone Committee is complete and has started its work — deciding how $25 million can best be spent nearly a year after the devastation caused by Hurricane …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/25/13
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While most Island Park residents are still focused on recovering from Hurricane Sandy, there are some who are working towards a memorial playground for a young girl who died in another tragedy — …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/17/13
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New Lincoln Orens Middle School Principal Vincent Randazzo came a 350-student Island Park middle school from the massive New York City public school system because he was fed up with the constant …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/17/13
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The Beatles are coming to Oceanside — sort of.
One of the Beatles foremost tribute bands, Strawberry Fields, will play a benefit fundraiser for the Susan Satriano Foundation at the Oceanside …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/11/13
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What makes a good student?
All teachers know the answer to that question.
Parents who care and who value education.
That might sound like a no-brainer, but my 33 years as a teacher and …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/11/13
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There was a time in her career when a major concern for Dr. Rosmarie Bovino, then the director of the Chinese International School in Hong Kong, were the typhoons that regularly swept into Hong Kong …
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9/11/13
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J.W. Mays department store heir Lloyd Shulman, who owns the South Bay Country Club in Oceanside through a corporation called Weinstein Enterprises, has moved in federal bankruptcy court to terminate …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/11/13
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At the request of Laura Munafo, the Nassau County coordinator for the state’s Community Reconstruction Zones program, the Island Park chamber of commerce on August 28 recommended three of its …
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By Howard Schwach
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9/4/13
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