Valley Stream 13 recently hosted New Teacher Orientation for the 2023-2024 school year. The orientation was held over the course of three days at James A. Dever Elementary School. “We are …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/22/23
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I’ll be seeing you, just not every week. In June, when I wrote “Column writing through hell and high water,” I told readers I was taking a leave from writing for a few months . . .
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9/21/23
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On clear summer evenings, I sit on the lawn of William L. Buck Elementary School in Valley Stream — a five-minute walk from my house — with a telescope I was given four years ago at my bat mitzvah.
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By Ilana Greenberg
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9/21/23
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Every few months there is a respected opinion poll that asks how much credibility Congress has. Poll after poll finds that the public’s faith in Congress is at an all-time low, and sinking lower by the week.
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9/21/23
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Although it’s late in the season, boating safety should remain at the forefront for everyone on the water.
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9/21/23
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Hofstra University Museum of Art’s many treasures are grand in scope and scale. It’s been a proud transformation for the museum, which began with a single gallery space, constructed in 1963. Decades later, it’s among the region’s leading arts institutions.
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By Karen Bloom
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9/20/23
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It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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Sometimes, all it takes is one goal. For the Valley Stream Central boys’ soccer team last season, it was more often than that. Six times, the Eagles fell by one goal en route to a 4-8-2 …
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By Andrew Fantucchio
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9/18/23
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The boom of gunfire sent dozens running for cover at an illegal party at an event space at Ocean Avenue late last month. That night, the lives of five young people became collateral damage in what …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/15/23
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A split sky — with clouds casting a gray shroud, threatening rain, on one side, and on the other a near-cloudless light blue — hung over the solemn crowd gathered around the …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/15/23
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