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From left, John Randazzo, Tara Adamos, Adrienne McKenna, Frank Culmone, Mare Anne Grey, Julianna Niedermyer, Christy McKenna, Bill Youngfert, Nancy Youngfert, and Rony Kessler at Franklin Square Civic Association’s inaugural meeting.
Franklin Square Civic Association holds inaugural meeting
The meeting room in Franklin Square’s Public Library was filled with citizens from different areas of the community as the Franklin Square Civic Association held its first public meeting. … more
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Christy McKenna, second from left, saw the opportunity to improve her community after organizing a cleanup along Hempstead Turnpike with Girl Scout Troop 1257.
Franklin Square residents start civic association
Over the course of a few months, starting in January, several Franklin Square residents filed paperwork with New York state to become incorporated as a civic association. On April 9, the state … more
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State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages commended State Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky for publicly denouncing OTB’s plan for VLTs at Belmont Park. Steve Smirti/Herald
Dozens rally against VLTs at Belmont
Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island. The rally, organized by the … more
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Floral Park resident Kenneth Reilly came to the civic association meeting to protest bringing VLTs into his neighborhood.
Argument almost comes to blows
Tensions rose at the East End Civic Association meeting on Jan. 5 as President Patrick Nicolosi and Floral Park resident Kenneth Reilly argued over the county’s proposal to install video lottery … more
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Boy Scouts meet with Senator Martins
Senator Jack M. Martins (R-7th Senate District) recently helped Boy Scouts from Troop 294 in Elmont earn their citizenship merit badges. Martins recently welcomed the scouts to his district office to … more
Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, spoke in support of a stricter state law for registered sex offenders on May 27 at the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s meeting at the North Merrick Public Library.
Singas: Stricter sex offender law needed
Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ... more
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A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.
U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report
Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more
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NICE officials will begin testing a new mobile application, which will allow passengers to purchase bus tickets in advance with their smartphones, before its full rollout later this summer.
Need bus tickets? There’s an app for that.
A fast-paced commute can only benefit from fast-acting technology — namely, mobile devices that track the arrivals, departures and fares of LIRR trains. Now, as part of an initiative recently … more
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A. Thomas Levin
Civic Law
Q: My town is overrun by signs that people have posted with information about garage sales, missing pets, fundraisers, etc. Are there any laws governing what can be posted publicly? A: As every town, city and village has … more
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Changing demographics demand new thinking
No doubt, Nassau County’s –– and, specifically, the Town of Hempstead’s –– demographics are a-changin’. more
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