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75 Stories For 75 Years An exhibit celebrating Hofstra University's 75th anniversary, drawn from the University Archives collection which focuses on the history of the …
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1/12/11
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Thank you very much for the incredible honor of being named the Merrick Herald’s Person of the Year.
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By Liz O'Shaughnessy
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1/10/11
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Last January, the long trailer in the parking lot at the end of Bennington Avenue in Freeport projected an unwelcoming image. The cement-gray exterior looked sterile and institutional. The sign above the front door, “Workers Available,” was faded. The wooden steps leading inside were worn and rickety. And out back the siding had ripped off in a storm, exposing insulation.
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by Scott Brinton
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12/29/10
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A Hicksville man was arrested and charged with burglarizing two Merrick businesses and attempting to burglarize a third on Monday, Nov. 29 and Tuesday, Nov. 30, according to police.
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David Weingrad
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12/1/10
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The Nassau County Police Department's Special Investigations Squad arrested four individuals and charged them with weapon possession on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in Merrick, according to police.
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David Weingrad
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11/4/10
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Daniel Olivier's 2-yard touchdown run in overtime gave Freeport a thrilling 41-38 victory over Oceanside and the top playoff seed in Conference I.
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Tony Bellissimo
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10/30/10
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To the Editor:
Regarding Scott Brinton’s article “Where day laborers get their fair shake” (Sept. 23-29, see in Related Stories below):
I just wanted to keep you posted on some of the good things that have happened since the article on the Freeport Trailer Hiring Site hit newsstands:
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Liz O'Shaughnessy
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10/4/10
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A motorcyclist was killed on Sunrise Highway in Merrick in the early morning on Sunday, according to police.
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David Weingrad
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9/27/10
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Merokean Liz O’Shaughnessy swung by the cement-gray trailer at the east end of Bennington Avenue in Freeport in November 2008.
“The place was packed,” recalled O’Shaughnessy of the facility, squeezed between a window factory and a truck yard, which gives immigrant day laborers a safe place to wait for landscapers and contractors to pick them up for jobs.
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Scott Brinton
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9/21/10
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., in conjunction with the Integrated Medical Foundation and Bostwick Laboratories, will be sponsoring a no out-of-pocket cost prostate cancer screening program on Monday, Aug. 9, in Freeport.
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7/9/10
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