Oceanside and Lawrence split games in the Rotary Tip-Off Classic Dec. 2 at Oceanside High School. The Lady Sailors defeated the Lady Golden Tornadoes, 55-50, to start the evening. Tina Pumo earned …
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12/8/10
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Second of two parts.
On Aug. 28, 1963, Booker T. Gibson made his way to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “It was hot. In August, it was hot,” Gibson said during a recent interview, stressing the word “hot.”
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Scott Brinton
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12/7/10
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Four Oceanside High School lacrosse players have committed to offers from Division I colleges and universities for September 2011.
Nick Sherry will attend St. John's University, Tina Pumo will …
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12/1/10
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When turkeys fly, you know it’s Turkey Shoot time.
It happens this time every year: Anyone passing Oceanside High School on the morning of Nov. 23 would have seen hundreds of frozen turkeys …
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Betsy Transom
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12/1/10
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Part four of the series "Plugging the Brain Drain."
During Vision Long Island’s ninth annual Smart Growth Summit, there was a group of young people in a small conference room during the …
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Alex Costello
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12/1/10
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By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But, man, could Gibson play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves.
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Scott Brinton
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11/30/10
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Oceanside's Best Buddies program, which pairs developmentally disabled students with "normal" students to create friendships, held its annual Thanksgiving Feast at the OHS cafeteria on Nov. 10. Over …
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11/18/10
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Like other noteworthy figure skaters, Samantha Cesario of Oceanside began her career on ice at an early age. When she was six years old, she skated for the first time. Now, eleven years later, the …
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Tom Steinert
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11/18/10
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Concussions are not to be taken lightly. They have become a serious issue and have taken the national stage, especially after the National Football League recently decided to stiffen penalties for …
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11/12/10
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The tragedy of Tyler Clementi — the Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide last month after a video of him having a sexual encounter with another man was posted on the Internet — …
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Alex Costello
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10/13/10
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