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Heckscher Museum's Best Young Artists Exhibit - The artwork of Long Beach High School students Lauren LiBrizzi and Olivia Deschler was selected forA the Long Island's Best Young Artists exhibit.

So you think you can dance? We're told Tanisha Scott - a dancer and choreographer who's worked with Jay-Z , Alicia Keys , Rihanna and Sean Paul , and appeared in videos for Ne-Yo and Ludacris - has been chosen to choreograph and guest-judge auditions for the Brooklyn Nets' dance team.

This is the time of year when college graduations are the weekend events in the Hudson Valley.

The Lewisboro Democratic Committee voted unanimously to nominate Jeff Morris as its candidate to fill the unexpired three-year term of former Town Clerk Kathy Cory, who resigned in March.

Richard and Donna Sage of Union Township, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tanya Lynn, to Joshua Dean, son of Daniel and Lorraine Loudenberry of Phillipsburg.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. 9 p.m. Free. 2. The 7th Annual Health Leadership "Aha!" Conference focuses on how public health leaders can implement strategies and solutions on the project, committee, unit, campaign, agency/organization and coalition level.

Daryl Jones, veteran high school coach and athletic director with 17 years in the state of Georgia system, has been named Director Of On-Campus Recruiting according to an announcement Thursday by UGA head football coach Mark Richt.

AtHomeNet, Inc., a provider of web-based services for community associations and association management firms in South Florida and around the world, recently added David Hosie as their new Director of Sales AtHomeNet CEO, Susan Sanders, is delighted by Hosie's acceptance of the post of Director of Sales."We are excited about the experience and ... (more)

Noted local activist Gale McGovern would have very much enjoyed the gathering held in her memory at the Rosendale Community Center last Sunday, May 6. As interfaith minister Puja Thomson opened the proceedings with the clear bell tone of a singing bowl, an invocation of thanksgiving and "light where there is darkness...hope where there is doubt.

Proposition 28 is one of the most dishonest and deceitful ballot measures in the history of California – and that is saying a lot.

The Massapequa School District will hold board of education elections on Tuesday, May 15.

All these are worthy warm weather pursuits to be sure, but for many creative types in our neck of the woods, summer is a time for serious learning - with a liberal does of humor and fun, of course.

John Gray, founding president of the Autry National Center of the American West, a consolidation of three cultural organizations in Los Angeles and Denver, has been appointed the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History , effective July 23.

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The research could have far reaching implications since prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among American men, reports George Joseph.

Dennis Kuhlman CEO and dean of Kansas State University Salina applauds as graduates walk by after commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

The ten-story, 660,000 s/f mixed-use property is four blocks from Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal Mall, a major destination shopping thoroughfare for Brooklyn.

Her cash-strapped single mother from the Dominican Republic worked multiple jobs to put food on the table for Frias and her two older brothers.