Hewlett High School senior Eric Brooks traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Intel Science Talent Search competition March 11-16 not expecting to place in the top 10, but he left the nation's capital having taken fifth place in the prestigious competition.
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Andrew Coen
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3/24/10
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In anticipation of the 2014 Winter Olympics, I expect to compete in both luge and ice hockey. I'm also forwarding the photo that graces (though some might say, disgraces) this column to the Brad Pitt look-alike contest, while submitting my idea for "Survivor: 5-Towns to CBS, and several of these columns to the Pulitzer Prize Committee for Serious Literature.
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Ron Goldman
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3/22/10
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Families visit Long Island Children's Museum
to celebrate the arrival of Ringling Bros. Circus
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Scenes from Long Island Children's Museum's "Elephant Walk" on Monday, March 15.
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3/19/10
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Families welcomed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to its temporary home at Nassau Coliseum on Monday, March 15. Kids enjoyed circus-related activities while waiting for the elephants to parade by Long Island Children's Museum, which hosted the event along with Herald Community Newspapers.
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3/19/10
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D.A. Rice says Barber wrote and filled prescriptions for painkillers in the names of friends and former patients.
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice …
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3/19/10
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For the second straight year, the Mepham High School kickline team placed first in two categories at the Scholastic Kickline Competition at Nassau Community College, earning the Champion of Champions title in the lyrical and pom categories after securing the highest cumulative score in a series of three scholastic competitions Feb. 28. The girls also placed first in kick in their division.
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Deirdre Krasula
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3/18/10
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Students at the Brandeis School in Lawrence performed the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music" on March 8. The play is set in Austria just before World War II.
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3/18/10
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Two Lawrence Middle School teams of seventh-grade Quest students took 1st and 2nd place the solar-powered car category in their challenge against mostly eighth-grade students from across Long Island at the Department of Energy National Science Bowl Regional Competition on March 6.
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3/18/10
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County Executive Ed Mangano’s aides, in sharp business suits, suddenly appeared out of side doors, carrying folding stands, maps and charts, which they hurriedly set up in the center of the Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building’s ornate press room. Then came the big yellow stoplight.
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Scott Brinton
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3/18/10
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The Hewlett Lawrence Blue Jaguars, who finished in first place in their division by going undefeated for the Fall 2009 season, have also won the Sportsmanship Award for the Fall 2009 season.
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3/18/10
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