Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free.
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8/9/19
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Ever since she was a youngster, Hewlett High School alumna, class of 2002, Robyn Schall has enjoyed making people laugh so much that she has managed to fashion a successful career from the hilarity.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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7/18/19
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Kameline Pavez from Hewlett High School was named Student of the Quarter at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech career and technical education high school, where she is studying Cosmetology.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/27/19
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Elissa Candiotti, a Hewlett High School alumna who graduated Syracuse University last year and now is a NBC Nightly News production assistant, was one of the winners of the Radio Television Digital News Association’s 2019 Student Edward R. Murrow awards.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Matthew Ferremi
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6/27/19
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With the 2018-2019 school year now ended, I would like to reflect. This school year has been an eventful one for the Hewlett-Woodmere School District.
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By Rachel Miller
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6/27/19
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In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight.
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6/21/19
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Hewlett High School senior Brianna Kovit received a special commendation from the College Board for her paper in Advanced Placement Research that she completed last year.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen, Shira Frankel and Nava Yastrab
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6/13/19
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It was a perfect day for an event outside as Hewlett High School hosted the seventh annual Friendship Games that included special-needs students from Hewlett High, Woodmere Middle School, East Rockaway, Floral Park, Lawrence, Lynbrook and Valley Stream high schools, and Freeport High School and middle school.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/13/19
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When Hewlett resident Sophie Riegel writes her resume or starts a conversation it might go something like this...
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/6/19
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Victor Mintz, from Inwood, was named Men’s Football Most Improved Player by Monroe College in the Bronx what the school called “a strong commitment to athletic and academic excellence,” while playing for the Mustangs.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/23/19
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