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Angela Green wanted to sleep late on Sept. 11, 2001, her first day off after nearly two weeks in her new job as an officer with the New York City Police Department. But the phone in her Valley Stream apartment rang insistently, forcing her to answer it.
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/11/18
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Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring.
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/4/18
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Village of Valley Stream officials have been working over the past month to help rebuild Rockaway Avenue.
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/4/18
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Two of Valley Stream’s four school districts overfilled their unassigned reserve funds in the past school year, according to financial statements filed with the state.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/27/18
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Superintendents from four Valley Stream school districts said they would consider installing speed cameras around schools, after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran proposed an opt-in program for school districts earlier this month.
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By Melissa Koenig and Anthony O'Reilly
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9/27/18
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New Yorkers headed to the polls to vote in the 2018 primaries on a Thursday, rather than a Tuesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is facing his own primary challenge by "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia …
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By Erik Hawkins and Scott Brinton
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9/13/18
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To quell parents’ and students’ fears about the Valley Stream Central High School District’s security, the Board of Education approved a $77,850 contract with Wisdom Protective Services on Aug. 28 and named Dave Buxbaum the district’s director of security.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/6/18
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Local elected and school officials and parents joined the swelling chorus last week of those opposed to a proposal to use federal funds to arm classroom teachers, including in Franklin Square, Elmont …
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By Timothy Denton
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9/6/18
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Charges against Valley Streamer Stephen Figurasmith, who dressed up as Moses and doled out water with red food dye that was deemed “a false bomb or hazardous substance” in June, were reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor last Friday.
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/30/18
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Last school year, several residents of North Terrace Place confronted Shaw Avenue School Principal Alejandro Rivera, hoping to make the street one way during arrival and dismissal times. They were concerned about the congestion and double-parking that occurs daily at that time, they said.
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/30/18
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