Nassau voters resoundingly defeated the proposed borrowing of $400 million to replace the 39-year-old Nassau Coliseum and construct a new minor league ballpark at Mitchell Field. The Aug. 1 vote was …
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Guest Opinion by Owen Rumelt
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8/10/11
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council on July 27 to redefine the relationship between the state government and businesses, in order to stimulate regional economic development and create jobs statewide. Cuomo made his announcement at SUNY Old Westbury.
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Jackie Nash
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8/3/11
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Four weeks into his tenure as mayor, Francis Murray is a busy man — and has many plans for Rockville Centre.
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Judy Rattner
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8/3/11
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Long before I’d ever heard the term “networking,” former Mayor Eugene Murray taught me all about it.
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Martha Krisel
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7/27/11
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The Rockville Centre Electric Department reported a new record for peak electric use on the afternoon of July 22, when the mercury at JFK airport reached 103 degrees. A village spokesman reported the preliminary figure for the village’s electric use at approximately 58 megawatts. He said the exact amount, which will be calculated later this week, could be somewhat larger or smaller. The previous peak was 55.6 megawatts, set in August 2006.
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7/27/11
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In the name of the Rockville Centre Police Department, Richard Torykian Sr., a village resident and founding director and vice chairman of the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation (MCLEF), presented Jackie Califano, the widow of fallen Nassau County Police Officer Michael Califano, with a trust fund valued at $90,000 for her three children.
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7/20/11
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Following through on a promise he made during his campaign, Mayor Francis Murray announced at the July 5 village board reorganization meeting that Rockville Centre police and auxiliary officers will not enforce parking meter violations in the downtown business area after 6 p.m.
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Judy Rattner
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7/13/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and a group of 15 government officials, civic leaders and engineers donned sunglasses as they unveiled two “solar trackers” in the back parking lot of the town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways in Lido Beach on Monday.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/12/11
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Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray and Trustees Nancy Howard and Michael Sepe, who took office at noon on July 4, were sworn in on the evening of July 5 during a brief organizational meeting at Village Hall.
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Judy Rattner
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7/6/11
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The three Rockville Centre United Party candidates — mayor-elect Francis Murray, and trustees-elect Nancy Howard and Michael Sepe — are preparing to take office next week.
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By Tom Steinert
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6/29/11
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