The ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions could affect volunteer firefighters to attain the required 50 points per year through responding to calls, taking part in training and being on call to be eligible for New York state’s length of service award program that serves as a pension fund for the firefighters.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/29/20
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Although the festivities took place a day later than the marked off on the calendar, Hewlett Elementary School gathered the entire student body to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while also kicking off the celebration for a special school anniversary.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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1/30/20
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State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller (R-Atlantic Beach) was appointed to the Assembly Committee on Health.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week signed into law the Green Light Bill allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain New York state driver’s licenses. The State Assembly and Senate approved the measure in June. New York joins 12 other states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico in passing such legislation.
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By Nadya Nataly
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7/5/19
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Once every 10 years, state legislatures across the country play a game known as reapportionment. After the federal census is completed, your elected state legislators will decide . . .
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5/17/19
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Some Five Towns private schools are traveling upstate to the New York State capital on March 12 as part of what Teach NYS calls the Mission to Albany, an annual pilgrimage to lobby state legislators for more money, especially increased STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) funding as well as school security.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/7/19
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In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating.
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11/1/18
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In the 13th State Assembly District race, the Herald Gazette endorses incumbent Charles Lavine. For over a decade, Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, has been a tireless advocate for his constituents …
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11/1/18
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The Herald Gazette endorses incumbent Michael Montesano to represent Nassau County’s 15th Assembly District. For the past eight years, Montesano, a Republican from Glen Head, has fought hard for …
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11/1/18
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In a close call, the Herald endorses Brian Curran over Judy Griffin in the 21st Assembly District race.
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11/1/18
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