“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Mary Malloy and Jeff Bessen
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4/24/13
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Defending champion South Side, the No. 8 seed, had four players score in double figures as it upset top-seeded Lawrence in a Nassau Class A boys' basketball quarterfinal playoff game.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/19/13
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Most country clubs boast about their golf course, tennis facilities and dining accommodations. The Lawrence Yacht & Country Club has all of that, plus a marina with 135 boat slips.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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4/12/12
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition of highlights from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection features a broad …
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2/1/12
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Herald Holiday Houses
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Houses from all around our coverages areas decorated for the holidays. Is your house in the video? Check it out.
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Christina Daly
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12/22/11
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In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it.
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By Jackie Nash
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10/25/11
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Trees were on the ground in any places in the Five Towns on Sunday as repair crews were out to clear roads blocked by the fallen trees.
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8/28/11
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Those who have difficulty with hearing know it can affect many areas of life. It is not uncommon for a person to adjust to his or her hearing limitation, thereby allowing the real problem to go undetected and untreated.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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4/20/11
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The man who fired at least eight rounds at Bellmore fire volunteers and Nassau County Police officers Tuesday night may have had “turmoil in his personal life,” Commissioner Lawerence Mulvey said Wednesday afternoon.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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3/2/11
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On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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