Cornelius Ryerson — who was born in 1752 in an area called Foster’s Meadow, which is now known as Valley Stream — was a loyalist during the Revolutionary War, but his father, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/20/17
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Cheryl Schwartz, a Wantagh resident who has been a teacher at Mandalay Elementary School for 23 years, said that students in her first-grade class were only babies when Hurricane Sandy devastated the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/22/17
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State Sen. John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, has formed an opioid policy working group of experts and community leaders from Wantagh, Seaford and surrounding areas to battle the epidemic …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/22/17
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When John Theissen, 46, was a junior at MacArthur High School, he started getting severe headaches. In September 1988, when he was 17 and starting his senior year, he was diagnosed with a brain …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/15/17
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Wantagh Superintendent John McNamara and Dr. Marc Ferris, the assistant superintendent for instruction, played icebreaker games with a dozen new teachers at an orientation program on Aug. 28. After …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/11/17
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Light from an iPad screen glowed on Rabbi Howard Nacht’s face as he recounted recent anti-Semitic hate crimes on Long Island and across the country to a hushed crowd of 100 Wantagh, Seaford, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/1/17
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A Wantagh man has been charged with firing shots into his neighbor’s garage door last month, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Rocko Fox, 20, was arrested on Aug. 22 in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/1/17
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is drilling an exploratory well on the Wantagh-Seaford border. The project is part of the state’s ongoing investigation into …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/24/17
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The John Theissen Children’s Foundation Family Fun Center isn’t going anywhere.
Theissen said in May that if he did not raise $50,000 by June 30, he would be unable to renew his …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/10/17
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U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Seaford, endorsed Jack Martins, a Republican from Mineola, for Nassau County executive.
King announced his endorsement at a news conference at Massapequa …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/20/17
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