Keyword: Rebecca Melnitsky
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Varsity cheerleaders Kerry Flavin, 16, and Cassidy Phillips, 15 will get to take their spirit across the pond. The Oceanside High School juniors will be performing at the London New Year’s Day Parade with hundreds of other cheerleaders and dancers from across the U.S.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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11/12/14
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Oceanside native and accomplished jazz pianist Kenny Werner has been named the Artistic Director of the Performance Wellness Institute (PWI) at Berklee College of Music. The PWI will help students at the music college become confident in their performance and overcome self-doubting thoughts.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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11/5/14
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Throughout October, Brower Bagels in Oceanside sold pink bagels for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/29/14
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Two years ago, when he was 11, Cory Nichols saw a documentary on poverty called “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island.” Cory, who has been acting on television and in movies since he was 6, was in the audience at the Long Island International Film Expo, where a film in which he co-starred was screening as well.
But it was “Hard Times” that made the biggest impression on Cory, who is now a ninth-grader at Oceanside High School. “It made me really want to help our community,” he said. “People don’t have to say they’re in need to be in need.” So he decided to take action.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/22/14
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The weather was for the dogs, but the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) Dog Fest rocked on. Oceanside native and former NFL player Jay Fiedler was a special guest at the Oct. 11 event, billed …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/15/14
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Tom Cutinella, a football player in Shoreham-Wading River High School, died after a game last week. Cutinella, 16, had blocked a player from John H. Glenn High School during an Oct. 1 game. He collided with the opposing player and collapsed soon afterward. Cutinella died at Huntington Hospital a few hours later.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/8/14
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When Courtney Pincus was a student at Oceanside High School, she always said she would start a performing arts school called To The Stage. The name comes from a lyric in the song “La Vie Boheme” from the musical “Rent.”
“I was in love with ‘Rent’,” Pincus said.
In 2012, she made that dream come true.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/8/14
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The people of Oceanside want a dog park—at least that’s what they say on Facebook. The “Oceanside NY – Dog Park” Facebook group is campaigning for a dog park in Oceanside—preferably one in Oceanside Park.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/1/14
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All dancers want to be in the Rockettes, yet not every dancer gets to be a Rockette. But for 17 girls, that dream came true when two Rockettes, Tara Dunleavy and Eleni Gavalas, came to the Oceanside Dance Center to teach the dance students and promote the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/24/14
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Oceanside Kiwanis honored three members of the community at its Charter and Installation dinner on Sept. 18 at the Oceanside Jewish Center. More than 100 people attended, including Joe Aiello, the Kiwanis New York governor, and Nancy Baxter, the lieutenant governor of Kiwanis Long Island’s Southwest division.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/24/14
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