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Good News: Crossing Guard Retires After 40 Years, Contest Winner, New MFA Film Program
Inspiring headlines from around the region.
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Here is a roundup of just some of the inspiring Patch headlines from around the region this week.
- Port Washington Crossing Guard Retires After Nearly 40 Years
- Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund Produces Highest Annual Total in History
- Officials: Plainview Grad Lands Top AP Exam Score
- Shinnecock Indian Nation Tribal Member Named Executive Director of NAFSA
- Stony Brook Southampton Adds First MFA Degree in Film in The SUNY System
- Eastern Long Island Hospital Employee Earns National Recognition
- Levittown Wins Contest with Moving Anti Drug PSA
- Taking A Stand Against Substance Abuse in Port Washington
- Long Beach Literary Magazine Wins Big
- Students Honored for Documenting Long Beach
- Division Wrestling Takes Second Place
- LIU Softball Star From Deer Park Earns National Recognition
- Suffolk Police Officers Honored for Fire Rescue
- Elwood 2015 St. Baldrick’s Day Set for March
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