Chimpanzee stories invite cheap shots, jokes and memories of J. Fredd Muggs (a regular on “The Today Show”), but the true story of these primates in modern times is both shameful and tragic.
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7/20/23
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The race for three seats on the Long Beach City Council this year has all the makings of a donnybrook, with Nassau Democrats fielding three candidates who are being opposed by a slate, also of three …
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By James Bernstein
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3/1/21
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Until recently, I had never thought deeply how radical my parents were when I was a child. I’m not sure they realized it at the time.
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7/15/21
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Andrew Conlin, a World War II veteran, former New York City police officer and longtime Merrick resident, died Feb. 7, at age 101. His maintained his jovial, fun-loving attitude into his later years, …
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By Andrew Garcia
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2/25/21
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As students started their 2013-14 school years last week in East Rockaway, Lisa Ruiz, the district’s newly hired superintendent, got her first glimpse of the East Rockaway schools in action. …
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By Brian Croce
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9/11/13
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The Long Island Motor Parkway, built in 1908, extended 45 miles and connected Fresh Meadows, Queens, to Lake Ronkonkoma in Suffolk County. The private toll road, built by entrepreneur William Vanderbilt, was the first in the U.S. designed exclusively for automobiles.
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By David Weingrad
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11/5/14
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After more than two decades, students in grades seven through 12 will meet a new principal on the first day of classes in September as Joseph Spero embarks on his first official school day as …
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By Brian Croce
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8/23/12
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Frank M. Flower & Sons, a commercial shellfishing company, has leased roughly 1,400 acres of underwater land from the Town of Oyster Bay since 1994. The company’s 30-year lease will expire in 2024, which prompted the town to issue a request for new proposals in June. Flower, along with Mitch Kramer and Thomas Thornton, Oyster Bay residents from the Oyster Bay Shellfish Company and the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association, independent baymen, submitted applications to the town. All were recently denied.
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By Laura Lane
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12/4/20
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The Long Beach school district is eliminating “traditional” homework for math and other subjects at the elementary school level beginning in September, and instead focusing on more reading and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/8/18
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Two years after the Nassau County Police Department’s 4th and 5th precincts merged in the interest of saving money, officials have agreed to reopen the former 5th Precinct in Elmont.
Nassau …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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11/5/14
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