Monday was Presidents Day, a holiday that, unless you work in a bank or the government or a school, you might have missed.
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2/23/23
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More than 50 million sports fans in the United States had more invested in last Sunday's Super Bowl than pride in their favorite team. They wagered as much as $16 billion on the game.
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2/16/23
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The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust has pledged $5 million — amounting to the largest single gift in the history of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. In return, it will help usher in a new state-of-the-art facility, with the Feil name on top.
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By Karina Kovac
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2/15/23
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When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two. But no list is complete without teachers.
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2/9/23
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Not even retirement can slow down Peter King. After 28 years in the U.S. House — including a two-year stint as chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — as well as more than two decades serving on both the Hempstead town council and as Nassau County comptroller, King finds himself busier than ever.
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By Michael Hinman
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2/2/23
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It was like having security cameras in every room of a house but one. That’s how Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone described to reporters the decentralized, hodgepodge security infrastructure of the county’s computer network . . .
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2/2/23
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January is National Blood Donor Month, first established a half-century ago. And it’s a good thing that declaration stuck, because blood is often in short supply, as it is today . . .
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1/26/23
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When I was growing up, it was hard not to notice the numbers tattooed on her wrist. Children are often very observant, and I was curious about what they meant.
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By Daniel Offner
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1/26/23
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New York has lost Oyster Bay. Well, more accurately, the state has lost 300,000 people — the town’s population — in just a single year.
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1/19/23
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The Lynbrook School District appointed a new superintendent of schools at its board of education meeting Jan. 11.
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By Mark Nolan
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1/12/23
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