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I didn’t know what to expect the morning we returned to Lawrence High School. Fishing out my ID card from a pocket of my backpack I hadn’t dipped into in two weeks, I opened the school door. more
Shootout Cancer, a non-profit organization which raises funds to assist those battling cancer, hosted its fifth annual basketball event on June 16 at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst to raise money for families afflicted by the disease. Participants donated $10 and enjoyed basketball activities and competitions while spectators donated $5 to the cause. more
Two diverse Five Towns communities were united with a common goal to fundraise for new equipment for the Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center’s youth services’ game room. more
In an effort to raise money for college scholarships, the Oceanside Rotary Club will host its seventh annual Tip-Off Classic on Dec. 9 in the Oceanside High School gym. The fundraiser consists of … more
Scouting has been a time-honored tradition in the Green family. Last month, 16-year-old Shawn Green, of Valley Stream, became the ninth member of his family to become an Eagle Scout, the highest honor in Boy Scouts. more
On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition. more
There are two ways to write this story: glass half full, glass half empty. I believe I’ll take a sip from each in describing the recent reunion cruise of Lawrence High School’s class of 1964. more
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. more
Army Reserve Spc. Daniel Arshadnia, a Lawrence High School graduate, won a gold medal in the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on March 2. Arshadnia, a Food Service … more
Three weeks ago, Tara Brenke, 17, and her brother, Xavier, 16, arrived in the U.S. from Haiti with little more than the clothes on their backs. Last month's earthquake had destroyed everything around them — their Port-au-Prince home, their high school, even the medical college Tara was planning to attend next year. Their parents — who survived the quake — decided that it would be best for the teens to come to America and live with a cousin, Erick Brenke, a mortgage banker, and his fiancee, Crystal Pearl, an earth science teacher, in their Island Park home. more
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