After some seven years of studies, community meetings, press conferences and tens of millions of dollars spent on planning and consultants, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum remains an aging concrete behemoth surrounded by 77 acres of cracking asphalt. It is a glaring eyesore in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties.
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5/6/10
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Lynbrook's Mayor's Run a race for charity
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The second annual Lynbrook Mayor's Family Run was a happy event on Saturday, April 17. Sponsored by McQuade's Neighborhood Grill in Lynbrook, runners came out to run the race hoping to win the top …
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John C. O'Connell
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4/17/10
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Corporate logos are popular icons in society and sixth-graders at Forest Road School recently explored how those designs come about.
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Andrew Hackmack
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4/7/10
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Delays at local area airports didn’t stop 150 girls from traveling to countries around the globe late last month — without ever leaving Rockville Centre. A Girl Scout Gold Award Project called “International Day - Where East Meets West” was presented by village resident Caitlin Morahan, a Holy Trinity High School senior.
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3/24/10
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Highlights include a performance of Godspell in Bellmore, a musical revue of the life and times of Desi Arnaz at Hofstra, and still more circus antics with the National Circus Project at Long Island Children's Museum.
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3/24/10
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While the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performs under its Big Top at Nassau Coliseum, the National Circus Project brings its "little top" to Hofstra University.
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3/17/10
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Joseph Marchica is on the verge of becoming an Eagle Scout. The Boy Scout from Valley Stream Troop 116 recently completed his Eagle project, installing a new flag pole at St. Joseph’s Church in Hewlett.
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Andrew Hackmack
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2/24/10
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In order to put New York on a clear path toward fiscal stability and ease the burden of high property taxes on Long Islanders, Assemblyman Bob Barra suggests freezing school …
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Anthony Bottan
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2/18/10
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As part of an ongoing philanthropy project, South Side High School senior Chris Boss, a Covert Elementary School alumnus, invited all students at his former school to participate in a tournament-style dodgeball event on Feb. 4 in the Covert gym.
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2/17/10
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Despite missing two days of school last week, Island Park students put on a show-stopping performance at Lincoln-Orens Middle School Feb. 12.
Fifth-graders trained with professional performers …
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2/17/10
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