Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center would lose more than $300,000 in funding if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano were to make good on a threat to cut all contracts with nonprofit social-service agencies that work with troubled youth, the mentally ill and drug addicts, said Linda Leonard, the Crisis Center’s executive director, this past week.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/9/12
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Two young, dynamic chamber ensembles grace local stages this Mother's Day weekend.
The outdoors also beckons, with a Woodland Widlflowers Walk at Mu†tontown Preserve on Sunday.
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5/9/12
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Some 270 volunteers grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat last Saturday to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to clean up more than 18 tons of rubber tires, Styrofoam buoys, aluminum cans and plastic bottles trapped amid the reeds and rushes.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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3/28/12
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An Elmont woman who worked as a per diem substitute teacher and teaching assistant at Freeport Public Schools was arrested on March 9 and charged with engaging in criminal sexual activity with a student, according to Nassau County police.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/9/12
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From vocal journeys to animal adventures, there's much to do to escape the January blahs this weekend.
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1/11/12
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When Elmont boxer Titus Williams began boxing at age 17, he never expected to make it to a serious tournament, let alone win one. Last Friday, however, he did just that, winning the 132-pound division of the New York Metropolitan Championships with a 4-1 decision over longtime rival Marlon Brown of Rockaway Ropes.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/13/11
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Coloki, Inc., a nonprofit group set up by Merokean Liz O’Shaughnessy to run the Freeport Work Hiring Trailer that aids impoverished day laborers, will host a benefit fundraiser at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 5 to 9 p.m.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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10/10/11
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From classic sounds of rock 'n roll to tunes from the 19th century, there's a variety of concerts on the slate this weekend. Also, the Town of Hempstead's annual beachside festival offers something for everyone, including local bands.
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9/21/11
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For Elmont resident Titus Williams, there is nothing quite like boxing. For him, it provides a wonderful escape and a natural high, and he’s been hooked from the beginning.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/6/11
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