Attaining the Boy Scouts’ highest honor
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Earning the rank of Eagle Scout, the Boy Scouts’ highest honor, rates a celebration and Woodmere’s Andrew Mermelstein achievement was celebrated during a Court of Honor held at Young Israel of Woodmere on March 4.
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3/8/12
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Christmas in your neighborhood
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The Herald's photo editor, Christina Daly, but together this video slideshow of homes in the Herald coverage area that have been decorated for the season.
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Christina Daly
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12/23/11
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The Lahey family is enjoying their summer at the Silver Point Beach Club in Atlantic Beach.
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7/21/11
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Five Towns residents who are tops in tennis
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A half dozen Five Towns residents were honored for their achievements on the court by the U.S. Tennis Association/Eastern Section/Long Island Region at its 21st annual awards dinner in Woodbury on May 11.
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5/27/11
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The Herald Community Newspapers won two top awards, for Best Column Writing and Best Feature, in the 2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Editorial Contest, the SNA announced March 18.
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Shakespeare said that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Easy for him to say. Actually, everything was easy for him to say.
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Mary Malloy
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3/22/11
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We finally made it to Woodstock last week — even though we were no longer wearing bell-bottomed jeans, paisley bandanas, or tie-dye T-shirts with bright yellow peace signs or smiley faces. We had a little more around the middle, a little sprinkling of silver among the gold, and we used our GPS system to get there — but we eventually “got ourselves back to the garden.”
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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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Hi, Herald readers! Gather the kids around the computer to watch this heartwarming interview with Old St. Nick!
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By Mary Malloy
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12/11/10
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Lawrence High School principal suspended
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Geoffrey D. Touretz, the principal of Lawrence High School, has been suspended pending a recommendation from Lawrence School District Superintendent Dr. John Fitzsimons to the board of education for further disciplinary action, according to Board President Murray Forman.
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