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Jericho High School Senior Helps To Find A Cancer Cure
Dia Shah at work in the lab at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx Dia Shah is an oncology prodigy. The 16-year-old Jericho High School senior has been spending her past couple of...
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SUNY Old Westbury Adds Assistant Cross Country Coach
Christine Pagano helped lead College of Staten Island to three straight CUNYAC men’s cross country titles SUNY Old Westbury head men’s and women’s cross country coach Jeff Labiento recently announced...
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Editorial: Suppression Depression
(Photo by Michael Fleshman/CC BY-SA 2.0) “Our votes don’t count anyway, so why should I bother?” You’ve surely heard this or a similar sentiment from someone in your life, or said it yourself. It could...
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LIU ‘Unifies’ Athletics Programs
In merging its Long Island and Brooklyn programs, Long Island University teams will be competing in NCAA Division I starting in the 2019-20 academic year By Betsy Abraham and Steve Mosco Long Island...
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Steer Clear Of Dangerous Houses This Halloween
While costumed kids hit the streets with candy on the brain this Halloween, parents will be concerned with something else entirely—safety. But it’s not the myth about razorblades in apples or pins in...
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Editorial: Working Hard Or Hardly Working
“Why don’t you get a job besides journalism cuz (sic) that’s not really a job anymore.” The above statement came from a reader who commented on last week’s editorial (“Suppression Depression”) via our...
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Editorial: Musings From An Ex-Managing Editor
One of the things that stands out most poignantly about my college days is my favorite professor, Mrs. Huff, dedicating an entire portion of the semester to the importance of community journalism....
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Bully Pulpit
Cuomo rallies Democratic rank and file New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking at the Nassau County Democratic Committee’s annual fall fundraising dinner In a midterm election year where the...
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Nassau County Election Results
Below are the official results of the Nov. 6 midterm election from the Nassau County Board of Elections. Winner shown in bold. Governor and Lieutenant Governor Andrew M. Cuomo — 263,019 votes; 56.50...
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Last week residents across Nassau County received their first property reassessment in eight years—and sticker shock doesn’t even begin to describe the prevailing sentiment among taxpayers. For many...
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Editorial: Election Reflection
It’s been more than a week since the midterm elections swept across Long Island, turning the House over to the Democrats while the Senate remained in Republication control. Anytime a branch of...
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Letters: Help Us Help Others On Thanksgiving Day
On Thursday, Nov. 22, on Thanksgiving Day, we will be preparing and delivering hot meals to homebound senior citizens—coordinating this program from our home. Last year we provided more than 450 meals...
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When Unity And Love Come Together
Temple Or Elohim’s upcoming interfaith service unites congregations In light of the horrific even that recently happened at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, the upcoming Interfaith Musical Service...
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Editorial: Amazon’s Prime Real Estate
Long Island City (Photo by King of Hearts/Wikimedia Commons) Back in 2009, I worked for a community newspaper in Queens. One of the many beats I covered as a youngish, perpetually broke reporter was...
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Debate Champs
Seniors Diya Chadda (lef) and Malini Ruda fresh off winning first-place awards at the Global Student Debate competition in Hawaii Syosset High School seniors Malini Rudra (right) and Diya Chadda (left)...
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Editorial: A Good Idea, On The Surface
Traffic moving well? Not for long. (Photo source: YouTube) When Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso announced last week that the Department of Transportation will resurface the Northern State Parkway next...
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Editorial: Nassau\’s Hubbub
The county can only benefit from a Coliseum development project. Last week, developers of a proposed massive project at the Coliseum dubbed “the Nassau Hub” unveiled their plans to county officials and...
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Editorial: These Happy Holidays
Every year around this time, I’m somehow always surprised by the amount of anger that boils over in some people when they hear the phrase, “Happy Holidays.” It seems an odd hill to die on, but the...
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Intergalactic Fitness For Kids
How Jericho’s Randi Chenkin is battling childhood obesity Randi Chenkin as her fitness-driven, alien alter-ego According to the Center for Disease Control, childhood obesity rates have more than...
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Last week, on the eve of Time magazine announcing its choice for 2018 Person of the Year, some speculated that it might actually turn out to be President Donald Trump. Sure, he’s as divisive a leader...
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