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After Harvey, Long Islanders should pay it forward
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . . more
Sarah O’Connor arrived in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sunday after a two-month, cross-country bike trip.
She did it!
She pedaled through 14 states, got two flat tires, fell three times, and ate countless meals in Dollar General parking lots. She braved hills, 110-degree heat and relentless winds. But Malvernite Sarah O’Connor, who has been riding a bike across the country to raise money for the Interfaith Nutrition Network, said she arrived in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, and that the accomplishment was well worth the effort. more
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Anjelica Espinoza, right, a Freeporter who has starred on “MasterChef Junior” and “Chopped Junior,” and her mother, Elizabeth Bizelia-Espinoza, sampled into the empanadas that Espinoza cooked.
Hollywood coming to Freeport?
The lightly sweet, popcorn-like aroma of arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas) lingered as Freeporter Anjelica Espinoza, 13, also known as Chef A.J., plated the rice beside the traditional … more
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Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher in the Malverne School District, with Rep. Kathleen Rice last week after she introduced the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act in Washington, D.C.
Bringing parents and teachers to the federal table
Ten years ago, Howard T. Herber Middle School teacher Marguerite Izzo found herself in the office of U.S. Sen. Carolyn McCarthy and began recounting her observations stemming from the No Child Left Behind Act. As she was talking, McCarthy yelled for an aide to grab a notebook and start writing. “I couldn’t believe someone cared,” said Izzo, adding that this was the beginning of legislation to involve teachers in writing federal education policy. “The legislation was introduced two or three times, but never got off the ground,” Izzo said. more
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Sarah O’Connor explored the hills of Kentucky last week during her cross-country bike journey.
Day 20 of Sarah O’Connor’s cross-country ride for INN
Malvernite Sarah O’Connor is riding her bike across the country to raise money for the Interfaith Nutrition Network. She began at the George Washington Bridge on June 25 and expects to reach Los Angeles by September. Below are excerpts of her comments from day 20 of her trip on July 14: more
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Sarah O’Connor riding through Amish country in Pennsylvania last week.
Malvernite is all-INN for cross-country bike ride
Malvernite Sarah O’Connor always dreamed of biking from New York to California, and in April she decided to take on the herculean challenge. more
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Musician Rachel Platten — best known for her 2015 hit single “Fight Song” — performed in front of thousands of spectators on Sunday and waved a rainbow flag to show solidarity with the LGBT community.
Thousands flocked to L.B. for Long Island Pride Parade
The streets of Long Beach were dressed with rainbows on Sunday when thousands of residents and visitors marched in the Rise with Pride parade to celebrate the last day of Pride on the Beach. The 27th … more
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Javier Nava, a victim of last year’s Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, left, with LGBT Network CEO Dr. David Kilmnick and Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman as they raised a rainblow flag outside City Hall on Thursday to kick off Pride month.
Flag raising outside L.B. City Hall kicks off Pride Month
More than two dozen people gathered outside City Hall on the first day of June to watch as the Long Island LGBT Network and Long Beach officials raised a rainbow flag to kick off what is nationally … more
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Tom Leyendecker, a cancer survivor, with his daughter, Clara, right, and Laila Drosman. They are among several local residents organizing first-time events to raise funds for cancer research.
Driven to fundraise for cancer research
With the spring months within grasp, talk is already starting to surface about the many scheduled events on Long Island to raise funds to help combat a myriad of good causes: the Relay for Life and Strides Against Breast Cancer, to name a few. more
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The Lynbrook Baptist Church will host a youth leadership networking event on Jan. 26.
Youth networking event
The Lynbrook Baptist Church will host a youth leadership networking event on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. Binu Thomas, the youth minister at the Community Church of Great Neck, who is a Lynbrook resident, will host the event. more
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