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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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, a stepsister of Anne Frank, is visiting Oceanside Middle School on Oct. 24 to share her story.
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By Mike Smollins
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10/18/18
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When Laura Gillen took the reins in January as the first Democratic supervisor in the Town of Hempstead in more than 100 years, residents, and even some members of the Republican-majority Town Board, expressed hope for a new era of cooperation and transparency.
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By Erik Hawkins
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8/23/18
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This year, Merrick’s Levy Lakeside School formed a club that promoting a culture of acceptance for all students, and of volunteerism, service and fulfillment among its members.
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6/21/18
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When 13 people were shot dead at Columbine High School in 1999, many of today’s youth, including the survivors of the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., had not yet been born. Hayden Gise, a senior at Hewlett High School, recalled the routine lockdown drills conducted when he was in elementary school just a few years later.
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By Brian Stieglitz and Erik Hawkins
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4/19/18
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“Our budget is not balanced, and we still have a lot of work to do,” said Robert Bartels, assistant superintendent of business and personnel, at Rockville Centre’s Board of Education meeting on March 14.
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By Ben Strack
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3/22/18
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The Wantagh Board of Education shared the first draft of its proposed 2018-19 school budget, estimating an overall budget increase of 1.5 percent.
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By James Mattone
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3/14/18
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Fifty years after a Lynbrook house fire took the lives of his parents, two of his sisters and his brother, Ira Levy still proudly recalls how involved his family was in Temple Emanu-El, now known as Temple Am Echad.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/18/18
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According to political analyst Larry Levy, of Hofstra University, Laura Curran's win could make for some genuine bipartisan work at the county legislative level.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/8/17
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When Laura Gillen declared victory over incumbent Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino late Tuesday night, it wasn’t only Democrats celebrating the Rockville Centre attorney’s historic win.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/8/17
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