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Beverly Fortune, center, with Aimee Holtzman; founder of Rock CAN Roll, Inc. and Sara Anne Fingerman; marketing director of the Dover Group.
Holiday event celebrates notable women, re-launch of Fortune 52 column
Herald Community Newspapers hosted a re-launch party for the Fortune 52 column, written by Beverly Fortune, at a networking event at The Loft By Bridgeview in Island Park on Dec. 12. The waterfront venue was alive with cheerful chatter as over 150 guests networked and shopped at the ladies’ “Holiday Night Out.” more
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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy
Villages suing for $20 million
With Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy leading the effort, 13 villages are suing Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead for not fairly sharing sales tax revenue with the villages. Kennedy filed a … more
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Hundreds of medical center staff rallied on June 21 calling on Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield to relent in failed contract negotiations between the insurance agency and South Nassau Communities Hospital.
South Nassau holds rally amid Blue Cross dispute
State, county and town elected officials as well as roughly 100 medical center staff rallied outside South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on June 21 and called on state lawmakers to … more
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Students in Christine O’Neill’s Spanish class at Mepham High School in North Bellmore used virtual-reality technology to tour Machu Picchu, in Peru, on Dec. 7.
Traveling to Machu Picchu — from desks in a classroom
Part 6 of the “Educating the 21st Century Child” series. Students held the Google Cardboard virtual-reality glasses to their faces on a recent Thursday. “Let’s get ready to … more
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After Harvey, Long Islanders should pay it forward
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . . more
What happened to the urgency of storm protection?
Last week, at the height of hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that forecasters are predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and increased the predicted number of . . . more
Commuters crammed into trains Tuesday morning as the Long Island Rail Road Long Beach branch operated on a limited basis after being temporarily suspended.
Full service restored on Long Beach branch after disabled train blocks yard
The Long Island Rail Road Long Beach branch is now operating on a limited basis after service was temporarily suspended in both directions Tuesday morning due to a disabled train blocking the Long Beach yard, according to the agency’s Facebook. more
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An Island Park man, who bought a storm-damaged home, discovered traces of an advertisement for an old Lynbrook restaurant on the house’s side after ripping off its siding.
Island Park home bears ad of Lynbrook speakeasy
When Island Park resident Eddy Piazza bought a home damaged by Hurricane Sandy in a state auction a little over a year ago, he didn’t realize he was also buying a piece of history. more
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A reminder of the South Shore’s vulnerability
People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . . more
Toni Wilson, left, enjoyed one final Christmas Eve with her mother, Evelyn Henn, and daughter, Elizabeth, before succumbing to cancer on Feb. 26.
Remembering a pillar of the East Rockaway community
During her lengthy battle with cancer, Antoinette “Toni” Wilson never let illness prevent her from giving everything she had to her church, her Girl Scout troop or her community. more
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