Most Long Islanders know — thanks to pocket-draining experience — that living here carries a hefty price tag. What many don't seem to know is that they can change that.
How?
One way is …
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Lee Landor
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9/22/10
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Francis Becker pulled away from his two opponents in the 4th Congressional District Republican primary as results were slowly coming in early Wednesday morning for several elections in Nassau County. There were also several other statewide and local primaries for Nassau voters ...
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Mike Caputo
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9/14/10
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Relegated to the back of the 10-car Late Model feature at Riverhead Raceway last Saturday night after what a NASCAR official deemed "rough riding" during the third lap, Peter "Buzzy" Eriksen had his work cut out with 22 laps to go.
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Tony Bellissimo
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7/28/10
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Bob Sheppard, known as "The Voice of the Yankees," and also dubbed "The Voice of God" by former Yankee great Reggie Jackson, was laid to rest on July 15 at St. Christopher's Church on Merrick Road in …
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Mary Malloy
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7/15/10
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It was a banner season for many high school sports teams in the Herald’s coverage area.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/25/10
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Police arrested an Island Park man and two accomplices on Thursday after a rapid crime spree during which police said he robbed four stores in Baldwin, Freeport and Long Beach and …
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Anthony Rifilato
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6/11/10
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Nassau County financial and real estate experts tackled the problem of foreclosures at a roundtable discussion last week. The event, held Friday at the Nassau County Executive Building, was designed as both a problem-solving session and a question-and-answer forum for residents, and was part of an effort by the county executive’s office to keep people in their homes.
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Matthew Hampton
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5/26/10
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Part one of a two-part series.
Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery.
That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health.
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Allie Wilkinson
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5/13/10
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Oceanside took advantage of several scoring opportunities during the first two innings of its Nassau County Conference AA-II softball game against Baldwin last Saturday
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Steve Siniski
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5/12/10
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The latest battle between Baldwin and Oceanside, waged on the lacrosse field April 21, was everything it was cracked up to be—an intense Conference I showdown with plenty of hitting, scoring and peaks and valleys.
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Tony Bellissimo
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4/28/10
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