Six pit bulls that were rescued from an Elmont dog-fighting ring will soon have a new home on the West Coast, under the care of a famous dog trainer.
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By Jackie Nash
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11/3/11
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“Words hurt.” That was the message for students at Forest Road School recently, which hosted a “Box Out Bullying” assembly.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/12/11
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Over the past few years, New York state lawmakers have targeted bullying in schools with legislation designed to allow students to feel safe in a place where they should feel safe.
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10/6/11
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Jeyson Jones, 16, could laugh with 15 other classmates and friends at the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church on a recent Thursday night while calling Dontáe Ellis, 17, a bully for teasing his friend for wearing two shirts. But it’s the fact that two titanium plates were put into the sides of his then smiling face, made his mother seriously consider issues facing the village’s youth.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/9/11
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Administrators and students at Memorial Junior High and North High School are working harder than ever to treat the age-old problem of bullying.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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4/6/11
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“Bully” and “victim” are two words that Jeremy Rubenstein doesn’t like to use when talking about bullying. The creator of Box Out Bullying brought his show, with a strong anti-bullying message, to Shaw Avenue School for three performances last Friday.
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Andrew Hackmack
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11/11/10
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The recent attack of a 14-year-old student on a Nassau BOCES school bus reminds us that anti-gay hate and bullying is as big a problem locally as it is across the country.
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Andy Peters
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10/21/10
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County police arrested three local teenagers Thursday for allegedly assaulting a fellow teen and hurling anti-gay slurs at him during a bus ride home from a Hicksville BOCES school. Cops classified the …
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Lee Landor
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10/14/10
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It used to be that when we sent our children, our precious little cargo, off to their first day of school, all we had to say was, “Look both ways when you cross the street” or “Don’t talk to strangers” or “Come right home after school.”
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9/22/10
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With the school year complete and with summer upon us, bullying won’t be a problem for a couple of months, right? Wrong.
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6/29/10
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