With Feb. 14 drawing near and marking the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 dead, the nation’s legislators, students, parents and activists continue to fight for stricter gun policies. In New York, proposed gun reform laws could be passed in Albany as soon as this week, according to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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1/31/19
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A: When I served as a police lieutenant in charge of helping the schools in my community, I had to get the message through to everyone in the district that the most dangerous thing they could …
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By Lt. Joseph Pangaro, CPM
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12/3/18
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There will be plenty to be thankful for in Oceanside this holiday season as many Thanksgiving events are scheduled.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/15/18
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In the wake of the mass shooting that left 11 dead at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, hundreds of local residents gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Oceanside Veterans Triangle on Oct. 30.
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Briana Bonfiglio
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11/8/18
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To slash through the sea of partisanship that now engulfs Congress, strong proponents of bipartisanship and people of action are needed.
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11/1/18
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In the wake of a mass shooting in which 11 died at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, hundreds of local residents gathered for a vigil at the Oceanside Veterans Triangle on Long Beach Road on Tuesday.
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By Jeffrey Bessen and Mike Smollins
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11/1/18
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Part seven in an ongoing series.
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yon found comfort in Pine Trails Park, virtually in the center of Parkland, Fla. There, she and her friends wandered its sidewalks, past its familiar playgrounds, ball fields and band shell, and lit candles for the dead.
Afterward, they sat on towels on the ground and talked for hours, struggling to put into words, to understand, the massacre perpetrated by a one-time student of their school, whom the Herald is not identifying.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/2/18
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The sun was just setting beyond the swinging double doors of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Emergency Department when a voice crackled over the radio: A mass shooting had been reported at a …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/24/18
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Editor's note: Melanie Haid is a freshman journalism major at Hofstra University. This piece originally appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle, the student-run newspaper. Exactly a month after the mass …
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By Melanie Haid
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3/29/18
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For 17 solemn minutes of silence, hundreds of Oceanside High School students left their classrooms on Wednesday morning and flocked to the football field for a walkout in remembrance of the 17 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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3/14/18
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