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'Tis the season for giving
The children at Hewitt School were honored with a visit by Mayor Mary Bossart on the morning of Nov.19 In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, members of Hewitt’s Student Council responded to the mayor’s request for food donations to help support families in need in the community. more
Nicholas Iacobellis, left, Emily Keleher, Alexandra DiSarlo and Christopher Jahn, all Wilson Elementary School 4th graders, help load some of the 636 pounds of candy donated by the school’s students and staff to the third annual Halloween Treats For Troops Candy Drive sponsored by a local dentist.
Love and support from home
The third annual Halloween Treats For Troops Candy Drive sponsored locally by Dr. Michael J. Rechter of Long Island Dental Excellence collected a total of 1,884 pounds of candy and personal products that were donated by the community — their best year yet. more
Students at Valley Stream North High School get in their cars to go out to lunch. Next year, they will have to stay at school or walk.
A stop sign for students
After debating the student parking policy for the past few weeks, the Central High School District Board of Education decided at its Nov. 10 meeting to change the policy and prohibit students from leaving campus in their cars. more
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Lorraine Werbeck, a parks supervisor in Valley Stream, helped collect food with her 12-year-old son, Luke Scoggins, last Saturday morning.
Village workers help the needy
Valley Stream employees hit the streets last Saturday morning, collecting food for a pair of local outreach centers. Residents were asked to leave donations of non-perishable items in front of their home to help their neighbors in need. more
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North High School students Anthony Russello, left, and Brian DeJunco head to the car during lunch.
‘We’ve earned this privilege’
About 50 high school students came to the Nov. 3 Valley Stream school board committee meeting to try to persuade the board to continue letting them leave campus in their cars during lunch periods. more
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Long Beach briefs
Volunteer at soup kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen seeks highly-skilled, fast paced, energetic volunteers that are pleasant, caring, and courteous to do food prep, cook, serve and clean up crews. … more
State law: No more texting while driving
State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick, is reminding his constituents that the law banning texting while driving will take effect Nov. 1. The law was passed by the state to supplement the current law banning the use of a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving. more
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Park-and-stay?
After the television show “Inside Edition” aired an episode last March underscoring the risks of students driving during school days, officials in the Valley Stream Central High School District began reevaluating its own student-driving policy. more
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The unseen side of DWI — it isn’t pretty
Too often, we hear the horror stories of DWI. A drunken driver rips apart a family, maiming or killing a father, a mother, a brother or sister. Since the outbreak of World War I in 1914, more Americans have died in drunken driving crashes than in both World Wars and the Vietnam War combined — 594,161 U.S. soldiers compared with 1.6 million DWI victims and counting, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. more
Neighbors helping neighbors
Rockville Centre Cadette Girl Scout Troop 860 ran a Food Drive for Island Harvest on Sept. 20 at King Kullen on Sunrise Highway. The girls collected over 400 pounds of food for an Island Harvest Member Agency, St. Paul AME Church in Rockville Centre, which is starting a food pantry for distribution to Rockville Centre residents. more
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