After three months of living in near-total darkness at night, Elmont residents on Bauer Court will finally have their streetlights repaired by the end of the week, town officials vowed to the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/23/21
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Michael Jaime had been working with state and county officials for more than a year to get the My Brother’s Keeper program started in the Elmont Union Free School District, until finally, on …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/18/21
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Walking along Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont earlier this year, Brian McHale counted more than 50 ads for businesses and services hung from utility poles and street signs — against Town of …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/17/21
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under increasing pressure to step aside or resign while investigations into sexual harassment accusations by four women and his administration's handling of data Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes last year are carried out by State Attorney General Letitia James and the Assembly.
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By Herald Staff
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3/16/21
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Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, who represents the 3rd Council District, is the pick of the Nassau County Republicans to run against County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat, in November.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/15/21
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Five members of the Long Island State Senate delegation — all Democrats — Friday signed a statement calling on Governor Cuomo, a Democrat, to step aside while a series of sexual …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/12/21
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Tiffany Capers marched down to the Town of Hempstead’s tax office a year and a half ago, when then Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin had just been elected town supervisor, to show him how vape …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/9/21
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Students and staff in the Sewanhaka Central High School District will be asked by representatives of the Equity Collaborative about their experiences in the schools later this month. On Feb. 23, …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/4/21
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Cynthia Hamilton had been trying to get a Covid vaccine since January, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo first announced that health aides like herself would be eligible to receive the shot, but everywhere she …
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By Melissa Koenig and Peter Belfiore
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2/27/21
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When Erica and Andrew Fox decided to move to Texas for its lower cost of living in the summer of 2015, they didn’t expect to do any more snow shoveling, but brought the shovel they had in …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/25/21
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