A 67-year old employee of Roosevelt Field mall was shot and seriously wounded Dec. 22 when, during a robbery at the mall’s Tourneau store, a gunman struggled with store security and a stray bullet hit the employee, who was uninvolved in the robbery. According to witnesses, police put the mall on lockdown for an hour, keeping thousands of people inside stores throughout the mall until the scene was proven to be safe.
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By Rossana Weitekamp and Rebecca Anderson
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12/22/15
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This Christmas, will a new Smith & Wesson be under your tree?
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/16/15
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On Nov. 24, the Tuesday morning before Thanksgiving, students, volunteers and Oceanside Community Service gathered to sort and deliver donations in the annual Turkey Shoot. Overall, 10,000 pounds of …
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12/2/15
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The recent mass shooting at a community college in Oregon has sparked a renewed debate about whether Congress can and should act to help prevent gun violence. It’s a debate we’re all familiar with . . .
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10/15/15
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The 2014 Turkey Shoot was a gobbling success for the needy families of Oceanside. Oceanside Community Service and Oceanside High School students collected 351 baskets of food for 215 families in …
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12/3/14
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The further I get from home, sailing along the New Zealand coast, the smaller the issues seem that once fixed my attention on the news.
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1/31/13
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Last week, Governor Cuomo gave his third State of the State address, and touched on many of the major issues facing our state — Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery, job creation and economic growth, and gun control.
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1/17/13
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There is a lot of emotion surrounding the current debate about making our gun-control laws more rational, and not too many facts.
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1/17/13
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Before I get into the goings-on in Washington and Albany, I think it is more important to touch on the heartbreaking tragedy that took place last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., not far across the Sound from all of us.
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12/20/12
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The hunt for the man wanted in the fatal shooting of Nassau County police officer Arthur Lopez is allegedly over. Darrell Fuller, 33, was allegedly captured late Tuesday evening in Queens. Fuller …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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10/23/12
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