David R. Maltz, who started an auction company in his parents’ Valley Stream home that grew to be worth more than $100 million, died of leukemia at his home in Woodbury on Dec. 21. He was 60.
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By Nick Ciccone
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1/6/16
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Nassau County police are investigating several shots that were fired outside a home on Orchard Place in Valley Stream on Dec. 26.
A 20-year-old man was sleeping in the home’s living room when …
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By Micah Danney
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1/6/16
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District 13 Superintendent Constance D. Evelyn will be a panelist at a forum that will focus on the next steps for Common Core testing on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at South Side Middle School in Rockville …
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1/6/16
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Police are searching for a man who used a large kitchen knife to rob the Ultra gas station, at 360 N. Central Ave., on Dec. 24.
The suspect entered the station at 10:44 p.m. and told the clerk to …
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By Micah Danney
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1/6/16
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The Problem Oriented Policing unit, a.k.a. POP, has returned to the 5th Precinct in Elmont after a two-year absence. The Nassau County Police Department redeployed 16 officers to the unit after …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/6/16
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The District 13 Board of Education hired Gerard Antoine as the new assistant superintendent for business and human resources on Dec. 15. Antoine was introduced to parents and faculty members at the …
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By Nick Ciccone
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1/6/16
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Monitoring changes in school enrollment is an unceasing process for school administrations, and each of Valley Stream’s four districts is in a different stage of assessment unique to its needs. …
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By Nick Ciccone and Micah Danney
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1/6/16
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Robert Fried grew up hearing about his grandmother’s suffering and survival during the Holocaust. In 2013, he published a book of poems he wrote about her when he was a boy, and is now dedicated to …
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By Micah Danney
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1/6/16
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Teens looking for some adventure don’t have to look very far. The Wantagh-based Venturing Crew 130 gives boys and girls a chance to go on expeditions that they likely wouldn’t do otherwise.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/6/16
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A Franklin Square couple rang in the New Year with the birth of their first son Austin Joseph, 31 seconds after the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1. The proud parents, Vanessa and Joseph Sparacio, were …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/6/16
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