Nassau County Police Department detectives, with the assistance of the New York Police Department, arrested five individuals for an alleged attempted burglary in Elmont yesterday at 9:45 a.m.
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By Nicole Wagner
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1/30/24
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“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Mary Malloy and Jeff Bessen
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4/24/13
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Taxes are a certainty in life. Residents’ property taxes fund schools, special districts such as water, sanitation and sewers, as well as county and town municipalities.
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By Nicole Wagner
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10/6/23
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Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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There’s a new coalition looking to change the narrative on Long Island while providing access to resources, training and grant money for member organizations.
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Rei Wolfsohn
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1/18/24
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Neighbors from around Long Island stretched their legs out to walk or run the Race to the Rink 5K hosted by the New York Islanders.
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By Nicole Wagner
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4/19/24
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Franklin Square businesses gathered at the Chamber of Commerce’s first meeting of 2024 on Jan. 10 to see the organization’s new president and board sworn in.
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By Nicole Wagner
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1/18/24
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Student robotics teams from across Long Island gathered at Sewanhaka High School to compete in a For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Tech Challenge Qualifier last weekend.
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By Nicole Wagner
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1/18/24
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Neighbors gathered at the Franklin Square Public Library to witness the phenomenon of a total solar eclipse on Long Island on April 8.
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By Nicole Wagner
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4/19/24
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The superstorm called Hurricane Sandy will surely go down as one of the U.S.’s most costly and crippling storms, ripping a $20 billion swath of destruction up the Eastern Seaboard, and Long Island’s South Shore was front and center amid the tumult as Sandy’s northern end lashed communities from Bellmore to Valley Stream and from Long Beach to Rockville Centre.
Now, after the flooding and the fires, the anxiety and fear, the South Shore must slowly rebuild, one home, one school, one business at a time.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/31/12
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