The Lynbrook Fire Department has announced a Christmas and holiday greeting card campaign for wounded soldiers who are hospitalized in Washington, D.C., and in North Carolina.
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10/26/11
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At Christmastime, it’s easy to get swept up in the superficialities of the season. But it’s important to remember that, at its heart, Christmas is about giving.
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12/23/10
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Residents of East Rockaway and Lynbrook got into the holiday spirit in the last few weeks by stringing dazzling, colorful Christmas lights, blowing up animated figures, and turning their ho-ho-homes into winter wonderlands.
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By Mary Malloy
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12/23/10
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The above title was that of a letter to the editor appearing in the Sept. 21, 1897 edition of The Sun of New York, written by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon.
The question inspired the famous …
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Mary Malloy
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12/23/10
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/10
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Hundreds gathered outside Dees’ Nursery in Oceanside on Dec. 6 to mark the seventh year of DHL Operation Holiday Cheer, a charitable program in which holiday trees, decorations and encouraging …
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Tom Steinert
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12/15/10
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Students at Our Lady of Peace School are decking the halls with two trees of “Christmas love” this holiday season. Instead of decorative ornaments, they are hanging donated items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and cough drops to spread some Christmas cheer to the homeless.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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12/8/10
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With holiday time upon us, many people have giving on their minds. We enjoy the tradition of giving gifts to our loved ones, but also at this time of year, it’s important to think of those who have little, who may get no gifts at all.
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12/2/10
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Life imitates art, so to me, the recent xenophobic rants against foreigners seem to jump right off the pages of “The Lazarus Project,” an award-winning novel by Aleksandar Hemon.
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Randi Kreiss
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5/14/10
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I am so not in the mood for an emerald necklace this year. I thought I’d get that out of the way first. In this post-recession interlude, I’m thinking more along the lines of the best things in life are free or at least quite reasonable.
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Randi Kreiss
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12/24/09
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