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Members of the Merrick Kiwanis gathered on Dec. 15 for Sen. John Brooks’s annual Holiday Toy Drive.
Merrick Kiwanis brings joy with toy drive
On Saturday, Dec. 15, members of the Merrick Kiwanis distributed dozens of toys collected through Sen. John Brooks’s annual Holiday Toy Drive to many joyous children. The toys were donated … more
Calhoun High School graduate Geena Cantalupo visited the Persian Gulf while on deployment in Kuwait. She is a platoon leader in the Echo Company of the 230th Brigade Support Battalion of the North Carolina Army National Guard.
Residents rally for Calhoun graduate serving overseas
Geena Cantalupo, a 2014 graduate of Calhoun High School, began her first tour of duty with the North Carolina Army National Guard in Kuwait in October, preventing her from spending the holidays with … more
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The flier for Hungerthon, Ohav Sholom’s first-ever concert and community food drive.
Ohav Sholom to host Hungerthon on Nov. 9
Congregation Ohav Sholom, in Merrick, will host its first-ever Hungerthon in partnership with Long Island Cares, home of The Harry Chapin Food Bank, on Nov. 9. The fundraiser is a concert/food drive hybrid aimed at helping the hungry on Long Island. more
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Help students in need of school supplies
Imagine opening a new marble notebook on the first day of school and taking out your new box of crayons. Now imagine what it might be like to show up to class empty-handed and have to ask your teacher, or a classmate, to borrow a sheet of paper and pencil. more
Drunken boaters have no place on Long Island waters
It’s late July and summer is in full swing, and so too is the boating season, from the North Shore to the South Shore. In recent years we have witnessed a number of serious boating accidents . . . more
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The Baldwin school district will receive $31 million in state aid under the state budget.
Plastic bags to be banned in New York
Under an agreement reached as part of the state budget passed by lawmakers over the weekend, plastic bags will be banned in all New York retail stores starting next March. “You drive through … more
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In 2019, resolve to help save a life by giving blood
Last year I learned of an extraordinary young boy from Long Island, Brandon VonBargen. Brandon, then a third-grader at Bayville School, was diagnosed in January with APML, a form of leukemia. more
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The “seat belt convincer” was brought to John F. Kennedy High School. Daniel Delgado buckled in and received a five- to seven-mile-per-hour jolt, experiencing what a minor car accident feels like.
Kennedy High School students learn to 'arrive alive'
Students at John F. Kennedy High School on Monday got a jolting taste of the dangers of driving while impaired or distracted. more
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State should upgrade texting-and-driving laws
Twenty and 30 years ago, we worried about drunken drivers plowing their vehicles into other cars or trucks and killing innocent men, women and children. Then along came the cellphone . . . more
Colette Morales, left, and Lauren Lupola collected blankets for homeless New Yorkers at Who Does Your Hair in Bellmore from Jan. 10 to Jan.15.
Hairdressers dole out blankets to homeless New Yorkers
Colette Morales, a hair stylist at Who Does Your Hair? in Bellmore, was walking down 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Jan. 9 when she saw a homeless man wearing lightweight pants curled up into a ball. This man planned to stay warm at a McDonald’s that night, when the temperature cooled to 15 degrees. more
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