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The corner of Lakeside Drive and Silver Lake Place was renamed last week in honor of Terence J. Manning, a 36-year-old from Baldwin who was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The popular father of two daughters, a computer consultant, was attending a conference in the north tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of the attacks.
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Chris Connolly
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4/6/11
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There is no doubt that Baldwin will welcome the new 1st Precinct building slated for construction at the corner of Harrison Avenue and Merrick Road in the fall. But one of the sacrifices that will be made to serve the greater good will be the demolition of a structure with a rich history of its own.
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Chris Connolly
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4/6/11
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Long Island-bred rocker Eddie Money raised the stakes at the Plaza Select Chorus concert last week, taking a break from promoting his new single to sit in with the kids on a rendition of his hit Two Tickets to Paradise. The Spring Concert focused on musicians from Long Island and the presence of Money, who, according to Kelly Conlan, Plaza’s house historian, “was there for the entire show and stayed to sign autographs and take photos with the children,” elevated excitement throughout the room.
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Chris Connolly
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3/31/11
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With fiscal shortfalls threatening school programs county- and statewide, a half-dozen or so spectators clustered in a doorway for lack of seating on March 23 as the Baldwin School District Board of Education conducted its third and final public budget work session.
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Chris Connolly
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3/31/11
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Jack McCloy of Baldwin was driving in Queens when a close call at a red light generated some unintended correspondence New Yorkers are becoming all too familiar with: a $50 red-light camera ticket.
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Chris Connolly
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3/31/11
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Baldwin resident Vertus Vielot, 35, was one of 17 people indicted last week after a two-year investigation into what is being called the largest mortgage and identity theft scheme in Nassau County history. Vielot was charged under New York’s Organized Crime Control Act with 12 counts of second-degree grand larceny, first-degree scheme to defraud and fourth-degree conspiracy, and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
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Chris Engelhardt and Chris Connolly
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3/25/11
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Glory Beezzz and Glammatoys both opened their doors on Grand Avenue shortly before Christmas. The two stores still share a work-in-progress feel, and each is helmed by a female Baldwin resident with energy to spare. But these are not the only things the two small businesses have in common. They’re also stoically keeping their eyes on the prize while Baldwin — not to mention the rest of the country — slogs its way through a sagging economy.
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Chris Connolly
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3/25/11
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Merline B. Campbell, 45, of Parkview Place in Baldwin, was arrested on March 8 and charged with embezzling more than $130,000 from the organization Sustainable Long Island. Campbell was the office manager at the agency — a think tank devoted to community development and urban revitalization in Nassau and Suffolk counties — since 2006, and is alleged to have systematically stolen from the group since around August 2010.
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Chris Connolly
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3/16/11
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For most second graders the excitement of their birthday lies in the thought of all the presents they are about to receive. For second grader, Michael Dones, the excitement is not about the newest toys he’ll receive and the games he’ll get to play; it’s about those he’ll give away.
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Jenifer Levinson and Chris Connolly
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3/10/11
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William Wittenberg, 49, of Baldwin, was aboard a 19-foot Garvey skiff that ran into a wooden piling in Woodcleft Channel on March 2. Wittenberg and another passenger were injured, while a third — respected Freeport bayman Cornell “Cory” Weyant — was killed in the incident.
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Chris Connolly
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3/10/11
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