Three young adults were arrested in Lynbrook and Elmont last week after holding up a Valley Stream Chinese restaurant with a BB gun. No one was hurt in the incident.
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Matt Hampton
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9/17/09
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Guests at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will have a more enjoyable visit thanks to the work of one local Boy Scout. Keith Donovan, 14, built a shelter at the Queens animal sanctuary for his Eagle Scout project
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/13/09
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Before the Green Acres Mall, there was Curtiss Airfield. Now just a distant memory, the small little airport was once a popular spot for some of the world’s most famous flyers.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/12/09
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The eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks falls on just the third day of school this year. Teachers have different plans to mark the day, and say they need to be sensitive to the age of the students. Kindergartners, first-graders and most second-graders weren’t even born yet when the towers fell, and high schoolers were still in their elementary years.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/11/09
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Textbooks, pencils, calculators — and face masks? Administrators, teachers, staff and students are gearing for a new school new year with one more thing on their collective minds — how to keep healthy, especially with warnings about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, as it’s more commonly known.
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Anthony Bottan
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9/10/09
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The days are officially numbered for three mostly vacant commercial buildings at Sunrise Highway and Rockaway Avenue. The state has awarded the village a $2.5 million grant, which will go to 363 Rockaway Associates, the developer of the planned Sun Valley Towers condominium complex.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/10/09
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Many of the community’s business owners will soon be getting a survey from the village as it looks to begin its downtown revitalization plan. The survey will be one step in the process to breathe more life into Valley Stream’s main business district.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/10/09
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Village
Village Hall 123 S. Central Ave. (516) 825-4200 www.valleystreamvillage.org
Village BoardThe board of trustees will hold its next work session on Monday, Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. in the …
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9/10/09
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There is a virtual world out there filled with fantasy, magic and mystery, and millions of people are addicted to living in it. Valley Stream resident Victor Pineiro documented this phenomenon in his movie, “Second Skin” which premiered in theaters last March and was voted the No. 4 documentary of 2008 by the movie-review Web Site, Ain’t It Cool News.
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Anthony Bottan
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9/10/09
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Michael Hayes and Alhaji Koroma, of Valley Stream, recently completed summer internships at County Clerk Maureen O’Connell’s office
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9/10/09
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