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Q. I went to a meeting of my Village Board of Trustees and wanted to speak on a particular item, but they wouldn’t let me. Don’t I have a right to speak at a public meeting?A. The right …
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By A. Thomas Levin
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9/28/12
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A proposal to remodel a North Merrick Citgo as a 24-hour self-service gas station and convenience store is causing an uproar among residents, 15 of whom attended a joint meeting of the North and Central Merrick Civic Association and the North Bellmore Civic Association on Aug. 28 to voice their complaints to Kevin O’Brien, the attorney for the station’s owners.
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By David Weingrad
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9/5/12
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The Jerusalem Avenue business district in North Bellmore has become a little bit easier on the eyes. The newly refurbished streetscape was unveiled last week by the Town of Hempstead and representatives of Nassau County. The revitalization project was a joint effort with the North Bellmore Civic Association.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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4/12/12
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Nassau County Deputy Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter fielded a litany of questions about the police department’s proposed realignment plan, which would merge the county’s eight precincts into four, during a March 6 meeting of the South Merrick Community Civic Association.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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3/1/12
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Several South Shore civic and elected leaders have banded together to decry a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage treatment plants to a …
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Chris Engelhardt and David Weingrad
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2/29/12
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Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg and the North and Central Merrick Civic Association co-hosted a community meeting at the North Merrick Public Library on Feb. 16 to discuss the county’s plan to close four police precincts.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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2/17/12
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Nearly 400 residents and animal rescuers protested outside the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh last Saturday afternoon. Hope for Hempstead Shelter, a local shelter-reform advocacy group, …
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By Jackie Nash
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3/23/11
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Bellmore might not yet have a civic association, but the community knows who to reach out to if a problem arises. For the past few years, the ad hoc Bellmore Preservation Group has taken up causes …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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1/28/11
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In the first days of the new year, elected and civic leaders are already hard at work tackling issues that have pestered Bellmore and Merrick for months, if not years. Local politicians and community activists have set their sights on their top priorities for 2011.
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David Weingrad
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1/4/11
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The North Merrick Civic Association is seeking support for a moratorium on the installation of cell-phone antennas and other equipment in the Town of Hempstead until a new town code regulating the equipment is passed.
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David Weingrad
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8/2/10
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