We applaud when new businesses open in our community, providing jobs, much-needed tax revenue and convenience to our residents. However, while working to attract these companies, we cannot neglect to …
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By Denise Ford and Howard Kopel
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6/15/21
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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Three levels of government, New York state, New York City and Nassau County, joined forces to accomplish a goal that many officials have pushed for in the past several years. The trio of traffic signals along Rockaway Turnpike and Rockaway Boulevard have been synchronized.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/2/20
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For Howard Kopel, being a county legislator must seem like wearing a comfortable pair of shoes. The deputy presiding officer of the Legislature, Kopel has been in office since 2010, and has served his district honorably.
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10/30/19
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Incumbent County Legislator Howard Kopel, a Republican from Lawrence, is running for his sixth two-year term. Challenger Debra Siegel, a lawyer, is a Democrat from Rockville Centre.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/17/19
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The Village of Lawrence bought a new ambulance using a $300,000 Nassau County grant that will be primarily used by Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County...
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Frank Gargano
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6/20/19
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Working without a new contract for nearly two years the Nassau County Detectives Association is making a push for a new agreement along with the organization’s continuing campaign for the county to resolve the short staffing of detectives at the eight police department precincts.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/20/19
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Three years since it was first announced that a roadway-resurfacing and sidewalk-repair project was planned along West Broadway for 2016, work has yet to begin, and Nassau County is just now preparing a design request for proposals for a drainage study.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/5/18
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Five-term County Legislator Howard Kopel is being opposed by Karen Blitz of Rockville Centre in the Nassau County 7th legislative district. The district includes Oceanside, Rockville Centre, East Rockaway, Cedarhurst, Woodmere and parts of Hewlett, Lawrence, Baldwin, Valley Stream and Lynbrook.
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By Tyler Marko
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10/19/17
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In response to what they viewed as the deterioration of West Broadway in Hewlett, Woodmere and Cedarhurst, residents formed the Five Towns Beautification and Safety Improvement Committee in 2015.
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By Tyler Marko
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6/1/17
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