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Hometown: Levittown, NY // Current City: East Setauket, NY // Bio: A 2002 graduate of Hofstra University, Christine studied under two-time Pulitzer winning journalist Bob Greene and cut her teeth on the sports desk at Newsday. She joined Patch.com on a full-time basis in June of 2010. While she has been writing for newspapers and websites since the age of 12, Christine found her true inspiration for becoming a journalist in the book Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol, which detailed the disparities in various public education systems in New York and New Jersey. // Beliefs: Registered Democrat who tends not to vote along party lines. Raised Catholic but has a multicultural family with several different religious affiliations represented.

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5 Things to Do this Week

A look at what lies ahead in the Three Village community.

5 Things to Do this Week
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SBU Prez Stanley Visits Africa

University president is making his first trip to Africa to visit Stony Brook-affiliated research, educational, and community outreach programs.

SBU Prez Stanley Visits Africa
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Three New Retail Stores Open

Michaels, Sur la Table, and Staples all opened within the past week.

Three New Retail Stores Open