Purim is a time of celebration and festivities but in recent years has also become an opportunity for dangerous behaviors with devastating outcomes.
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By Susan Blauner
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3/11/22
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Michelle Lankri, 20, of Cedar Avenue in Hewlett Bay Park, was charged with violating the Social Host Law, as up to 100 minors were seen drinking a variety of alcoholic beverages at a party at the same address on Saturday at 10:45 p.m., according to police.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/18/16
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Simchat Torah, the Jewish holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings and the beginning of a new cycle — this year on the evening of Oct. 5 and 6 — is a time for rejoicing. In the past two years in the Five Towns, however, underage drinking has marred the celebration.
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By Vanessa Parker
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9/30/15
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During Simchat Torah, observers celebrate the conclusion and restart of the annual reading schedule of the Torah. It follows the seven-day holiday of Sukkot, also a time of celebration.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/15/14
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The murder of Lauren Daverin-Gresham in Rockville Centre late last month once again pointed up a recurring problem: We often overlook our teenagers.
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9/12/13
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It’s impossible to know what cure will go undiscovered, what useful invention never devised, what art uncreated, what science unimagined, what wisdom unuttered because a boy’s or girl’s potential was submerged in vodka bottles or drowned in cans of beer.
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4/18/13
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