The underwhelming caliber of much of the nation’s hospital food is, for Russell Ficke, a tough pill to swallow. The executive chef at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital has sought to …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/20/24
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Kevin Hock’s world revolved around metal birds soaring tens of thousands of feet over the Earth for as long as he could remember. During his childhood in Valley Stream, he’d peer up …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/20/24
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Amid a day of mourning and remembrance on Sept. 11, a crowd descended on Arthur J. Hendrickson Park, gathering around the village’s 9/11 memorial monument. This patch of public park transformed …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/20/24
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Six Valley Stream Central High School District student-musicians have been selected to take part in the NYSSMA All-State Festival this winter. The selection recognizes the students’ talent and …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/20/24
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Valley Stream District 13 kicked off its new school year with a robust new teacher orientation. The event, hosted at James A. Dever Elementary School, aimed to ensure a successful start to the …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/20/24
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Our local small businesses geared up for back-to-school sales, and families are now preparing for fall events and religious holidays, most notably the Jewish New Year and the High Holy Days.
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By Arnold W. Drucker
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9/20/24
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I believe congestion pricing is an absolute necessity, for several reasons.
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By Jim Paymar
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9/20/24
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I was a junior at Plainedge High School, in North Massapequa, in 2018, when 17 people died and 17 others were injured in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida.
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By Jordan Vallone
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9/20/24
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History is often perceived as something static — a collection of events consigned to textbooks, memorialized in museums, or commemorated on anniversaries. It can feel as though history lives on dusty bookshelves, far removed from our daily lives.
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9/20/24
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As we enter the fall season, our roads are once again at full driving capacity. With school underway, the addition of buses picking up and dropping off students, kids on bikes hurrying to school, and …
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By John Giuffré
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9/20/24
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