To slash through the sea of partisanship that now engulfs Congress, strong proponents of bipartisanship and people of action are needed.
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11/1/18
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Rabbi Andrew Warmflash of the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre said he was “horrified” when he turned on the news on Oct. 27.
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By Melissa Koenig and Jeffrey Bessen
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11/1/18
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Part seven in an ongoing series.
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yon found comfort in Pine Trails Park, virtually in the center of Parkland, Fla. There, she and her friends wandered its sidewalks, past its familiar playgrounds, ball fields and band shell, and lit candles for the dead.
Afterward, they sat on towels on the ground and talked for hours, struggling to put into words, to understand, the massacre perpetrated by a one-time student of their school, whom the Herald is not identifying.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/2/18
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After a more than yearlong review, the Lynbrook School District’s plans to use hundreds of thousands of dollars for safety initiatives and security upgrades were recently approved by the State Education Department.
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By Mike Smollins
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6/14/18
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In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, East Rockaway School District officials are requiring junior and senior high students to carry their books and supplies in clear plastic backpacks.
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/26/18
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Local group the11518 is hosting a paint event to benefit students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas H.S. in Parkland, Fla. on April 7 at 10 a.m.
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4/4/18
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Editor's note: Melanie Haid is a freshman journalism major at Hofstra University. This piece originally appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle, the student-run newspaper. Exactly a month after the mass …
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By Melanie Haid
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3/29/18
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East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School students and staff participated in an assembly Wednesday in honor of the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
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3/15/18
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Lynbrook senior class president Dustin Mandell said Feb. 15 turned out to be the perfect time for the Student Government Association to host the annual Human Relations Day event. In the aftermath of the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Fla. the day before, he noted it was a good time to unite students and talk about important issues.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/1/18
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With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/1/18
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