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Where else can you look through a large telescope, pet a horseshoe crab, perform math mindbenders and make your own volcano? These were just some of the activities that children and families engaged …
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11/24/10
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Students at Oceanside High School Castleton listened intently on Nov. 17 as Maureen McCormick, an assistant Nassau County district attorney, discussed the challenges and choices that await them as …
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TOM STEINERT
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11/24/10
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The Long Island Power Authority plans to challenge the tax assessment of the Barrett Power Plant in Island Park in the hope of reducing the taxes it pays, which could lead to dire financial …
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Alex Costello
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11/18/10
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In 2004, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published a report on the performance — or should we say the underperformance — of the New York State Legislature. The report’s first …
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11/12/10
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We endorse State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos for another term in the Senate.
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10/27/10
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Lawrence resident Josh Wanderer wants the job that longtime incumbent Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) says nobody understands.
“There is a saying in business: ‘Pioneers get …
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JEFF BESSEN and ANTHONY RIFILATO
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10/20/10
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When firefighters wash down their trucks after making on a run, they may have to pay a fee on that water. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, has proposed a water use fee in the county’s 2011 budget. At a news conference in front of the North Merrick firehouse on Friday, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg said the fee is really a tax.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/15/10
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To help close the more than $300 million budget deficit that Nassau now faces, County Executive Ed Mangano’s recently proposed budget includes a proposal to end the county’s “guarantee” that it will pay refunds owed when homeowners successfully challenge their tax assessments.
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David Weingrad
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10/15/10
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This year, the choice for the 3rd Congressional District seat is an easy one: Cast your vote for the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Seaford.
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10/14/10
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Voters in the 4th Congressional District will choose between 14-year incumbent Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat, and Republican Francis X. Becker, a 14-year Nassau County legislator, on Election Day.
Campaigns are different for incumbents and challengers. An incumbent needs to convince the voting public — and the media — that he or she has done a good job and will continue to do so. A challenger needs to have a plan, needs to show how that plan would be carried out, and has to convince voters that he or she will do a better job than the incumbent.
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Herald editorial staff
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10/14/10
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