Every Friday campers at the Lawrence Woodmere Academy summer camp have a special event. They had a wet and wild day in mid-July, are planning a carnival day in mid-August, and on July 27 they held their messy day.
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By Tyler Marko
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8/9/18
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Lawrence Woodmere Academy Summer Day seems like a household name when it comes to day camps. Since my first day ever at the camp, at the age of 10, I was able to play sports I never dreamed of trying, create all types of arts and crafts, as well as make friendships that will most likely last a lifetime.
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By Gabrielle Brailovskiy
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8/2/18
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Cheers of, “They’re here! They’re here!” rang out across the field at Hillel Day Camp as Brandon Nimmo and Robert Gsellman, an outfielder and a relief pitcher, respectively, for the New York Mets arrived in Lawrence on July 20.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/26/18
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I can still picture the last day of my fourth and final summer as a Fresh Air Fund counselor at Camp Hayden Marks, on the 2,000-acre Sharpe Reservation in upstate Fishkill, 28 years ago. The campers . . .
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7/12/18
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Five Towns Club Athletics is not promising that its campers will be the next LeBron James, DeMarcus Cousins or Kevin Durant — All-Star NBA basketball players who signed big money free agent contracts — but they do assure parents that participants will learn hoop skills and have fun.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/12/18
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A fourth grade teacher at Ogden Elementary School in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District who was working at an upstate summer camp for boys was arrested on July 4, and charged with five counts of sexual abuse first-degree, state police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/6/18
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Summer is a time for children to go outside, free of the responsibilities of school, and enjoy playing, games and the sun. Unfortunately for some children with special needs many camps that would …
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By Tyler Marko
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6/14/18
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As I scroll back through my childhood remembrances, Mexico comes to me in clips and phrases, a staccato succession of wonder and horror — but mostly wonder.
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6/8/18
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For the past 50 years the New York District Kiwanis Foundation has operated Kamp Kiwanis in upstate Taberg. Every year roughly 800 children and developmentally disabled adults gather for a week of summer fun.
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By Tyler Marko
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3/1/18
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Camp Anchor’s Kiwanis Aktion Club took first place in the scrapbook category at the recent Kiwanis state convention.
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11/16/17
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