Until recently, I had never thought deeply how radical my parents were when I was a child. I’m not sure they realized it at the time.
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7/15/21
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Over the weekend exercising civil duty was not the easiest task for many voters who waited on long lines in the cold fall air. On Sunday, the line for voting at Gayle Community Center stretched down Lincoln Street, wrapping around Locust Avenue.
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By Jennifer Corr and Alyssa Seidman
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10/29/20
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Over the weekend, exercising civil duty was not the easiest task for many voters who waited on long lines in the cold fall air. On Sunday, the line for voting at Gayle Community Center stretched down Lincoln Street, wrapping around Locust Avenue.
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By Jennifer Corr and Alyssa Seidman
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10/28/20
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The lights went out at Merrick’s Backstage Theatre, and playful screaming in anticipation of Second Stage Productions’ performance of “In The Heights” commenced.
The musical, written by Lin-Manual Miranda, chronicles the lives of residents in Washington Heights, a largely Dominican-American neighborhood in New York City. It opened on Broadway in 2008, where it lasted for a few years, winning four Tony Awards.
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By Ben Strack
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4/20/17
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The cast of Elmont Memorial High School’s senior high production of “In the Heights” wowed audience members with their incredible vocal and acting abilities on Feb.27-28.
The production, …
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3/11/15
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Joseph Richard “Dick” Bolger, formerly of Merrick, who taught music to generations of students in Bellmore, Great Neck, Delaware and Pennsylvania, died peacefully on Jan. 30 at home in Palatine, Ill. He was 96.
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2/13/15
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When I signed up for the National Council of Synagogue Youth Kollel summer program in Israel last fall, little did I know that armed fighting would break out between the Jewish state and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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By Yitzchak Carroll
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8/13/14
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Q. We’re not sure what to do about our neighbors who raised their house. They now have windows that look right down into ours, and their decks look over our privacy fence because they’re now so much higher.
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10/3/13
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City officials this week responded to critics who have questioned the $44.2 million cost of rebuilding the Long Beach boardwalk and compared it with reconstruction projects in New Jersey that are …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/24/13
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Good for CVS! The mega drugstore chain, with retail outlets on every corner, is requiring employees to disclose their weight to the company’s insurance carrier or pay a $600-a-year penalty.
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4/4/13
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