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Paul Hoffman is engaging, quick with a joke and passionate about teaching, especially when it comes to the Torah. In other words, he was exactly the right man to become rabbi for the South Shore Jewish Center, a conservative synagogue which serves about 120 families.
“I’m an outside-the box rabbi,” said Hoffman, 60. “I think I bring a fresh perspective.”
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By Tom Jordan
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8/27/14
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Oceanside lost one of its special citizens when Denise Gallardo succumbed to cancer in April at age 31, but her friends at Rescue Company No. 1 will never forget her. How could they, when she touched so many of their lives in simple and profound ways?
Her friends gathered to honor her at CitiField on August 17, when the Mets hosted Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Night.
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By Tom Jordan
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8/27/14
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Oceanside Sanitary District 7 candidate Tom Lanning filed an injunction on July 23 that called for 184 paper ballots collected on election night to be counted and a winner declared in the race for an open commissioner’s seat that has dragged on for weeks.
He got half of what he wanted.
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By Tom Jordan
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8/20/14
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As a record rainfall continued through Tuesday night, and then through the next morning, one couldn’t help but think of Superstorm Sandy and the approximately $65 billion in damages it wrought.
Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty was no different. “Every event is eye-opening,” he said. “We know the implications of a major storm.”
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By Tom Jordan
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8/20/14
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The Department of Education released test scores for Year 2 of Common Core testing last week, and local students’ scores reflect those of the rest of the state: gains in some areas and fractional downturns in others.
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By Tom Jordan
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8/20/14
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The tell-tale paper ballots that, at least in part, held up the June 19 election for a new commissioner on the board of the Oceanside Sanitation District will finally be counted.
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By Tom Jordan
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8/14/14
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Nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy devastated Island Park, the village is still struggling to get back on its feet. Several businesses that were shuttered in the immediate aftermath of the storm have only recently reopened their doors, while others remain closed. Nearly 20 percent of Island Park residents still have not returned to their homes.
The opportunities to rebuild have sometimes been accompanied by growing pains.
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By Tom Jordan
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8/14/14
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