A nor'easter that roared up the East Coast Monday into Tuesday slammed Long Island's South Shore overnight, flooding low-lying streets, downing trees and causing scattered power outages.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/24/17
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In June 2001, an 11-year old boy left his home in Santa Tecla, a picturesque city of more than 133,000 in El Salvador, to start a new life in the United States with his family in Freeport. So began a …
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By Laura Schofer
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12/22/16
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Jeffrey Biegel and friends appear in Freeport.
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12/7/16
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Interfaith Thanksgiving
The Valley Stream Religious Council will host an interfaith Thanksgiving service on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The service takes place at the Baha’I Center of Nassau County, …
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11/16/16
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Nine bakeries –– six of them Italian pastry shops –– were in business in Elmont when Paul Sapienza took over his parents’ popular Hempstead Turnpike bakery, Sapienza’s, in 1973.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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11/14/16
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Pulling the frayed plastic bag from the muck revealed a killing field. A dozen or more fiddler crabs lay dead beneath the bag . . .
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10/27/16
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Broadway's acclaimed leading lady offers up an evening of cabaret.
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9/28/16
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Jerry Foster doesn’t speak of getting his hands dirty when referring to his work. He likes to say that he gets his hands wet.
Foster, 53, of Merrick, owns Freeport Kayak Rentals, a part-time seasonal venture that he started in 2013. Now in its fourth summer, the business is growing by word of mouth, and Foster said he is having the time of his life.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/16/16
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Pickleball, a cross between badminton and tennis, is the fastest growing sport among baby boomers in America. Created in the 1960s, and now popular in many retirement communities, the game is played on a badminton ...
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By Rebecca Anderson
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6/14/16
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On a beautiful, warm, sunny morning, dozens of kayakers and paddle boarders took a short trip from Bay County Park to Hewlett Point Beach and back last Saturday for the inaugural launch of the South …
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By Courtney McGee
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6/8/16
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