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The stretch of Littleworth Lane that is the subject of a petition is between Sea Cliff School and its playground.
Parents: Close Littleworth Lane
Parents demanded that the Village Board find a solution to keep Littleworth Lane closed because of safety concerns, between Hansen Place and Carpenter Avenue. Adam, Friedberg, a Sea Cliff parent, … more
Joanna Commander, a West Hempstead native who has lived in Glen Head since 2006, is the Herald Gazette’s first-ever Person of the Year.
Joanna Commander is Sea Cliff-Glen Head's first-ever Person of the Year
For Joanna Commander, retirement hasn’t exactly meant ceasing work. A former teacher and coach, Commander has a résumé that spans more than 40 years in health and phys. ed. In 2003, she … more
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Our future depends on immigrants
When I met Nelson Melgar, the only thing we thought united us was a shared concern for our community. We met by chance at an event at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County . . . more
What’s in a name? Just about everything.
If I call my dog an average of five times a day for the next 16 years (that’s about how long my dogs live), then I will use the name 29,200 times. Do I really want to be shouting . . . more
Substance abuse spiked among teens after Sandy
The chances that a young person will become addicted to alcohol or drugs are less than 1 percent –– if use of a substance begins after the frontal lobe of the brain is fully developed, which … more
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Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips will challenge former NIFA board member Adam Haber for the 7th District seat in November.
Phillips kicks off Senate campaign
Republican State Senate hopeful Elaine Phillips officially kicked off her campaign on June 30, telling voters that she’s a fighter and that she will win the 7th District seat in November. Jack … more
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Seaford Girl Scouts Kayla Nietsch, left, and Danielle Fisher donated a book shelf to the NICU Family Room at North Shore LIJ Hospital on May 12 as a part of their Silver Award project.
Books for babies
As soon as a baby is born, knowledge and information is absorbed immediately, which is exactly why two Seaford Girl Scouts decided that a bookshelf would be the perfect contribution to a neonatal intensive care unit. more
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Alexander, the 7-year-old cat from Last Hope Animal Rescue in Wantagh, will be representing the shelter at this year’s Kitten Bowl showing on Feb. 7.
Kittens first, football second
For football fans everywhere, Sunday marks Super Bowl 50. But for those not so into sports, there is a purr-fect alternative. The third annual Kitten Bowl will be aired on the Hallmark Channel Sunday, Feb. 7 at noon. With participating teams such as the North Shore Animal League and Last Hope Animal Rescue, Long Islanders won’t want to miss the most furr-ocious game of the year. more
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Dr. Stephen Dewey answered Bellmore-Merrick parents’ and residents’ questions about the effects that drugs have on the mind.
The teenage brain on drugs
The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant. Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up. And, he has found, it isn’t pretty. more
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Josh Levine, 16, of Merrick, at right, suffered a concussion in a Kennedy High School junior-varsity baseball game last spring, when a runner slammed into him while he was playing catcher. He was knocked unconscious and now struggles to concentrate and read. He was joined here by his family in April at the annual 5K Robbie’s Run that they sponsor in honor of his late brother, who died while rounding the bases during a Little League practice. From left were his sister, Samantha; mother, Jill; father, Craig; and sister, Riley.
Concussions rattle Central District athletes
Playing catcher, Josh Levine, of Merrick, crouched low on the first-base side of home plate, ball in hand, preparing to tag out a runner trying to score from third base. Suddenly he realized that the runner was charging at him at full speed, lowering his shoulders as if he were readying to tackle him. Levine’s heart was racing. more
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