The Park Avenue Elementary School PTA is seeking new playground equipment for the school after being told one year ago by an insurance company that renovations had to be made to maintain playground safety. But the PTA’s request for county grant money has hit a yearlong stall as the money winds its way through the legislative process.
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By David Weingrad
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6/10/11
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In the end, it was all decided by a single bite.
That was all that separated first-place face-stuffer “Munchin” Mike Longo, a Long Island native, and second-place Philadelphia native David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli in the 2010 National Cheese Steak Eating Championship at With Cheese Please in Rockville Centre on June 5.
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Alex Costello
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6/9/10
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Long Beach Lions Club member Alan Schwartz, the owner of Laurel Cleaners on West Park Avenue who collected and cleaned 1,000 winter coats, was awarded the Robert J. Uplinger Award for Outstanding …
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5/27/10
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The cheese steak.
It's a greasy, cheesy sandwich that has always been synonymous with its hometown of Philadelphia. But New York is in a position to steal the title of the home of the best cheese steaks around when a shop in Rockville Centre hosts the National Cheese Steak Eating Championship on June 5.
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Alex Costello
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5/19/10
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In the tradition of the original “Silent Night,” Long Beach High School students in Andrew Rossi’s guitar class packed up their instruments and took a trip to the Park Avenue Extended Care …
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12/24/09
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