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Veterinarian Dr. Lee Gelfand, of Merrick, above, struggled for months to restore his business, All Creatures Veterinary Hospital in Long Beach, after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. He was forced to take roughly $750,000 in private loans to keep the clinic afloat. Above, Gelfand at the hospital shortly after the storm.
Businesses slowly recover after Sandy
Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc. more
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Anthony Piazza, 11, hurled the ball at Valbrook Baseball Camp at Merrick Road Park. Valbrook will run more weeklong baseball camps this month and next.
Camps take kids out to the ballgame
Baseball’s All-Star break happened this week, but America’s pastime was still under way on local ball fields. After 15 years of running weeklong baseball camps for children in Valley Stream … more
Everyone having a great time on the dance floor at the Anchor Party!
Valley Stream scout troop pitches in for ANCHOR
Partiers enjoyed food, company and dancing at the November holiday party for Camp ANCHOR, the Lido Beach-based program for developmentally disabled adults. Troop 116 helped organize and served food … more
Attendees, mouths agape, line up to hold two snakes for a photo shoot
Valley Stream bible camp uses animals to teach diversity
Strange animals were the theme at Bethlehem Assembly of God’s Vacation Bible School held from Aug. 4 to 8, illustrating lessons of tolerance for the 285 children that attended. “We are all … more
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Trainer David van Heeswijk poses with the camp's youngest group
Valley Stream summer soccer camp sees growth
The Valley Stream Soccer Club wrapped up its week-long summer camp at Barrett Park on Aug. 22 with significantly higher enrollment than the spring session, with nearly 50 kids learning the sport’s … more
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Jayden Rosado takes aim at one booth.
Kids cap camp experience with Carnival Day
The circus was in town for the kids at Camp Barrett, which held its annual Carnival Day on Aug. 8. more
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Quincy Lawlor makes a pass.
Green Hornets players gear up for season
The Valley Stream Green Hornets football camp hosted more than 50 players each day last week for safety training and conditioning in preparation for the upcoming season, according to club president Bobby Hawkey. more
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Campers participated in the water balloon toss at Camp Barrett's Color Wars competition on July 18.
Red team captures Barrett battle
There are some events that are a staple of the village’s summer camp program at Barrett Park, and one of them is the annual field day competition. The event is known as Color Wars, where children split into two teams and wear either red or blue. more
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New counselors Anastacia Hodge and Fritz-Olson Desvarieux-Valdemar worked with children in the arts and crafts tent on the first day of camp.
Many new faces at Camp Barrett
Campers and counselors said “hello” to each other for the first time this summer at Barrett Park, as the village’s annual camp program kicked off on July 2. They will spend the next six weeks together. more
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Hornets player Cameron Louis, 9, worked on the fundamentals.
Eagles, Hornets train together
The Valley Stream Green Hornets coaches teamed up with the Central High School Eagles coaches and players to put on a three-day football camp for kids at Firemen’s Field from June 10-12. more
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