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Welcome to 2025 baby New Year Newborn Sage Lynn was delivered at 12:38 a.m. on New Year’s Day. According to a Catholic Health Mercy Hospital spokesperson, she might be the first baby born on Jan. 1, 2025, in Nassau County. Story and photo, Page 7.
ciency and cost-effectiveness of sequencing. “Sequencing costs time and South Side High School stu- money for DNA, so when you dents Elena Mingorance and fragment DNA, it loses its Sadie Seulal are making waves order,” Mingorance said. “If you were able to adhere in the scientific DNA to a surface, community, ear nwe ’d b e abl e t o ing invitations to maintain that order, prestigious conferand it would be betences to present ter for sequencing their groundbreakbecause it’s much ing research. faster and cheaper.” Mingorance will Herb Weiss, the present her science research research at the coordinator at American Physical South Side High Society conference School, highlighted in March, the the rarity of such wo rl d ’s l a r g e s t a n o p p o r t u n i t y. physics conference. “This is the first “It takes scientime one of our stutists across all discidents has been plines in physics, invited to the APS,” including physical Weiss said. chemists, which is Seulal was similar to what my PAtRIck WAlSh s e l e c t e d by t h e project is,” MingoPrincipal, Material Research rance said. “We Society to present worked with DNA South Side the findings of her fragmentation, and High School scientific research we experimented project in front of with how to adhere DNA fragments to a surface for faculty from several of the nation’s top colleges at the sequencing.” Using polymethyl methacry- organization’s fall meeting and late surfaces, Mingorance’s exhibit in Boston last Decemteam sought to improve the effiContinued on page 8
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The new group on the block Village of Rockville Centre Civic Association holds meeting By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The desire to form the Village of Rockville Centre Civic Association has become a reality, thanks to the efforts of Meghan Kearns and her steering committee. The newly created civic association hosted its first official meeting at the Rockville Centre Public Library after press time on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The civic association’s goal is to provide a permanent platform for residents to collaborate and engage for the betterment of the community. “I’ve had a really great group of residents working with me the whole time,” Kearns said,
reflecting on the teamwork that has brought the association to fruition. This initiative marks a significant milestone for Rockville Centre, which has not had an active civic association for nearly 20 years. The Southside Civic Association group was one of the last organized efforts in the area. Kearns and the steering committee hope to fill this void and create a sustainable platfor m for community engagement. The journey began earlier this year when Rockville Centre resident Jeannette DuncanCornell created the RVC Neighborhood Association group on Facebook and organized its initial Continued on page 2
ur science research program continues to give students opportunities ... in areas like critical thinking, problemsolving, and public speaking.