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A van carrying five disabled passengers careered off the Southern State Parkway in North Merrick around 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 and crashed into a tree, according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/12/15
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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano joins Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) President and Chief Executive Officer Victor F. Politi in announcing the hospital is in full preparation for a possible hurricane heading toward the East Coast.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/1/15
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State and local officials gathered at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow on Aug. 25 to call for harsher criminalization laws for the sale and use of K2, a street name for a type of synthetic marijuana that has become a popular recreational drug among young adults in recent years.
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By David Weingrad
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9/9/15
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A Merrick motorist did not stop after hitting and killing a pedestrian on the night of July 4 on Sunrise Highway in Freeport, the Nassau County Police Department reported.
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7/8/15
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Nassau University Medical Center President Dr. Victor Politi and State Sen. Kemp Hannon announced on June 29 the hospital’s participation in an ambitious statewide incentive plan that aims to reform the health care system by focusing on greater care for at-risk, low-income patients to reduce “avoidable hospitalizations,” thereby lowering state Medicaid costs. If successful, the program could net hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for Long Island and Queens hospitals over the next five years, portions of which would go the NUMC.
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By David Weingrad
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7/8/15
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A red sedan slid off Merrick Road at 9:10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, as it traveled east between Babylon Road and Lindenmere Drive, clipping one tree and slamming into another in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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As the snow falls and the wind speeds pick up the pace, local hospitals will continue with their routine, along with preparation for the possibility that more patients than usual could be brought in from the storm.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/27/15
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All Nassau County parks and outdoor ice rinks would close at 4 p.m. on Monday and re-open when the weather allows, announced County Executive Ed Mangano. All regularly scheduled county events on Monday evening and throughout Tuesday are cancelled, according to a county news release. The county aquatic center in East Meadow and rifle range in Uniondale are also slated to close at 4 p.m. The Nassau County Correctional Center will stop visiting hours from noon on Monday and to Thursday morning.
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1/26/15
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide Ebola plan on Oct. 16 that called for the coordination of health care, Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers to combat a potential spread of the Ebola virus should it cross New York’s borders. He also designated eight hospitals, including Long Island’s North Shore-LIJ, in Nassau County, and Stony Brook University Hospital, in Suffolk, to act as regional centers for treating patients with Ebola.
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By David Weingrad
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10/22/14
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Three years ago, a community outpatient clinic for veterans opened at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. The 11,000-square-foot space, in the hospital’s Building Q, offers primary care and mental health services. The hospital lends the space to the county rent-free.
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By David Weingrad
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5/28/14
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