Finishing a 5K in less than 20 minutes can be hard to accomplish, especially at the high school level, but in the case of sisters Marissa and Maya Spottiswood, of south Merrick, they have already acquitted themselves as experienced runners.
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By Rocco Law
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11/14/19
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Sacred Heart Academy senior Caitlin Griffin recently earned two significant leadership awards: the Adelphi University Prize for Leadership and the New York State Senate Youth Leadership Recognition …
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10/24/19
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When Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead opened as the Mary Louis Academy Annex in 1949, the school had 58 students. Seventy years later, the all-girls school has a student body of more than 850. While …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/20/19
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I remember hiking in 90-degree heat on a dusty but paved road, past fields of fruit trees and vegetable plants. Suddenly, my father-in-law pointed and said in Bulgarian that we should turn into a thicket.
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7/11/19
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As a dozen students fell out — one by one — of Boardman Elementary School’s spelling bee on Jan. 10, sisters Lana and Ariel Landa were the final two standing.
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By Ben Strack
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1/24/17
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Here's what's going on in and around Valley Stream this week.
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1/20/17
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“When one thinks of compassion, caring and comfort, one can only remind themselves of what a person like that can accomplish, day in and day out, in a community of people who are in need of someone with all of those qualities,” said incoming Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce President Carol Burak. “That person is Sister Barbara Faber.”
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By Mary Malloy
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12/29/16
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Relatively few people from the South Shore knew who Bishop John Barres was before he became the fifth bishop of the Rockville Centre Diocese on Dec. 9, but there was still plenty of excitement and …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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12/14/16
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St. Agnes Cathedral Elementary School said goodbye to its eighth graders and its principals this weekend.
On Friday, the school held its commencement ceremony and sent this year’s eighth grade …
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6/15/16
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Sister Kathleen Carlin is leaving her position as principal of St. Agnes Cathedral School, a job she has held for nearly 40 years.
When she first started, people told her she wasn’t going to …
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By Alex Costello
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6/15/16
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