Oceanside Middle School educators recently made a presentation at the Association for Middle Level Educators national conference that highlighted the school’s implementation of iPads.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/12/14
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On Sunday, Oceanside residents hung blue ribbons along Long Beach Road and around the veterans’ triangle to show support for Kenneth Healy, a New York City policeman from Oceanside who was injured in the line of duty on Oct. 25.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/5/14
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Michael Wolkow of Oceanside was one of 16 veterans to be honored by Brian Curran, 21st District Assemblyman, at a Veterans’ Hall of Honor event at St. Mary’s/Maris Stella Council # 2228 Knight of Columbus in Lynbrook on Nov. 1, but he couldn’t attend the ceremony. He had a “prior, long-standing commitment,” he said.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/5/14
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Oceanside has been the hometown to a great many accomplished citizens—civic and religious leaders, war heroes, renowned entertainers, and ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/5/14
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The family of Greg Buckley Jr., the Oceanside Marine who was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2012, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Marine Corps and other Defense Department agencies failed to protect soldiers against a corrupt Afghan official and then colluded to suppress information about an insider attack that resulted in the death of Buckley and two other Marines.
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By Tom Jordan
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11/5/14
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The Island Park Chamber of Commerce honored former mayor James Ruzicka, retiring State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and prominent resident Barbra Rubin-Perry at its annual dinner-dance on Oct. 23, at the Bridgeview Yacht Club.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/29/14
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In some ways, we have assessed the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, as disturbing as the figures may be. Sandy’s destruction caused at least $65 billion in damages nationwide, and no region was hit harder than Long Island’s South Shore, Oceanside and Island Park in particular.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/29/14
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Oceanside has been the hometown to a great many accomplished citizens—civic and religious leaders, war heroes, renowned entertainers, and ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. …
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, after receiving a formal promise of reimbursements from the federal government for more than $176 million, has purchased the long-shuttered, Sandy-damaged Long Beach Medical Center, Richard Murphy, chief executive for the Oceanside hospital, said last Friday.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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The Island Park village board has approved plans, and $1.5 million in bonds, to build a new village hall, two years after its administrative offices were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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