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Vol. 35 No. 14
MARCH 28 - APRIl 3, 2024
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This printing powerhouse is VSRC honoree
Celebrating his first St. Patrick’s Day One-month-old Connor Joseph Grogan celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in his Irish sweater and cap. Joseph is the son of Elizabeth and Brian Grogan, and Brian is a member of the Valley Stream Fire Department. Joseph’s grandparents are Steve and Jane Grogan, of Lynbrook, and Bill and Margaret Hill, of Baldwin.
family business. Banking on his experience as a pressman and foreman, The Valley Stream Republi- according to the company’s can Club’s big night belonged website, Luis bought a used to Noreen Carro, the club’s Per- printing press for $125 in 1971, setting in motion the couple’s son of the Year. aspirations to set T he March 15 u p t h e i r f a m i ly ceremony was an printing business. occasion to tur n “We started out the spotlight on the making raffle praiseworthy deeds books,” said Carro. of a Valley Stream But to get the busiresident, Republiness off the ground can or otherwise. and make it selfT his year, as in sustaining while years past, there maintaining a was a packed house household required at the banquet hall hours upon hours of the American of work. L e g i o n Po s t 8 5 4 “My father wh e re re s i d e n t s worked three jobs,” a n d Re p u b l i c a n said Carro.“He had dignitaries gave a NoReeN CARRo the printing compawarm reception to co-owner, ny and worked two Carro. LMN Printing other jobs until we Carro, a lifelong were able to get Valley Stream resident, is co-owner of LMN Print- established. My mother worked ing. The certified women’s and at Eastern Mills in the day to be minority-owned printing ser- able to help us, you know, keep vice company was originally the house.” There were times, as a girl, the brainchild of Carro’s parents Luis and Marry Carro. when Carro and her sisters Natives of Puerto Rico, the were treated to pancakes for Carro family came from hum- dinner, not knowing their famible beginnings with an even ly couldn’t afford meat that humbler origin story to their Continued on page 10
By JUAN lASSo
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Federal grant earmarks $1.4M for Valley Stream District 30 By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is considered one of the most comprehensive, bipartisan gun safety measures to come out of Washington in decades, and with it comes a grant component that will provide Valley Stream District 30 with $1.4 million to improve student safety and mental health support. The legislation, signed into law in 2022, bolsters backg round checks for gun buyers, expands community violence intervention programs and beefs up nationwide funding for mental health and school safety. The grant component comes as particularly
good news for Valley Stream District 30 and dozens of other school districts like it. Under the law’s federal funding program mechanism— known as the “Stronger Connections Grant Program” —$69 million will be shared among 44 school districts and charter schools across the state, according to the state education department. It’s an influx of investment only three other school districts on Long Island — Brentwood, West Hempstead, and Huntington — have been selected to receive. All of which have been identified as high-need schools. As outlined by the U.S. Department of Education, the scope of projects that the funds are Continued on page 10
mean, how many people can say I have been working, living, and doing business in Valley Stream for 45 years?