When Daniella Shiloah, 25, was diagnosed with kidney disease last October, she didn’t know what to expect. She said she used to get bad migraines, have high blood pressure, and doctors detected too much protein in her urine. She was planning to get married in a year, but the diagnosis left her feeling unsure of what route her life might take.
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By Anthony Bottan
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5/12/10
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The Mepham Alumni Association celebrated four of its own on May 2, inducting two into the school's Who's Who and honoring two for meritorious service to the alumni group.
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Scott Brinton
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5/6/10
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The Progressive School of Long Island, a private school in North Merrick, celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a dinner celebration at the Coral House in Baldwin on April 21.
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Sari Zeidler
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5/6/10
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June Irvin, a former North Merrick School District superintendent, Old Mill Road School principal and active community member, died on April 27 of natural causes. She was 76.
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Sari Zeidler
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5/4/10
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When Dinkelmeyer Elementary School Principal Faith Skelos first learned of the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, leaving more than 300,000 people dead and countless injured, she wanted to give her students the opportunity to help those in need. She soon learned about the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad, an organization that collected medical supplies to be sent down with doctors intent on helping the sick and injured.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/29/10
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North Shore Animal League opens its doors – and hearts – this weekend to encourage animal lovers to welcome a new companion into the family, at its 16th annual 36-hour adoption event
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4/28/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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North Merrick School District Board of Education President John Rossi and longtime Trustee John Pinto both recently announced that they will not seek reelection for the 2010-11 school year.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/22/10
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When Liz Stark walked into the Middle Bay Country Club in Oceanside on April 3, she was surprised to see a poster-sized, decade-old Herald article and a photo of her and her father-in-law, Eli, on an …
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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4/22/10
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A small fire in a bathroom at North High School forced school to close early on Tuesday, but classes were back to normal on Wednesday.
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Andrew Hackmack
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4/21/10
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