Island Park’s full-day pre-kindergarten will start Sept. 29, thanks to a grant from the New York State Education Department.
On Aug. 18, the Island Park school district was informed that it would receive a $600,000 grant for a full day pre-K. Since grantees for the 2014-15 school year must have a program ready this year, the district plans to set up the program as soon as possible.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/10/14
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The board of trustees unanimously approved bond resolutions for $3 million for electric system improvements and a $500,000 for athletic field improvements at their briefing session on Sept. 4. Another bond resolution for $4 million to resurface roads was also approved.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/10/14
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The Board of Zoning Appeals chose itself as the lead agency in the environmental review for AvalonBay II at their Sept. 3 meeting. The BZA also said it would decide if it would give AvalonBay a substantial occupancy permit after it holds a public hearing.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/10/14
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The Oceanside Kiwanis Club finished another summer of its Gazebo Reading Nights program, with the last reading of the year on Aug. 25. The program, in its eighth year, raised $5000 for the Kiwanis …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/3/14
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Rockville Centre resident Lori King, 39, completed an open-water swim from the California mainland to Catalina Island — a distance of 20.5 miles — beginning the night of Aug. 14 and finishing the following morning, eight hours and 51 minutes later.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/3/14
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LIRR trains between Rockville Centre and Valley Stream will have an adjusted schedule between Sept. 2 and Nov. 16, as a section of the Babylon branch is getting its tracks resurfaced. The adjusted …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/28/14
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From flipping classrooms to football fields, Rockville Centre schools have many changes for the 2014-2015 school year.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/28/14
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The Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce planted 40 flower baskets in the village this year and they are doing well.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/28/14
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“However you define your family, we welcome you to ours,” is the official motto of Temple Avodah (pronounced Ah-voh-da), a reform temple in Oceanside. The unofficial motto seems to be “Not your parents’ temple.”
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/27/14
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The Oceanside and Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road stations are separated by just a two-mile stretch of Rockaway Avenue. Trains that leave from the respective stations serve different branches and travel different routes, but both will get you to the city.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/27/14
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