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Favorite Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, won the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 46,301.
Mo Donegal captures Belmont Stakes
A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to … more
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The Wantagh and Seaford High School softball teams joined forces to raise money for breast cancer in honor of local softball legend Kathy DelGais Butler, center.
Kathy DelGais Butler: striking out breast cancer
Butler, who teaches special education at the high school, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late November. more
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Walter Richardson, with sign on left, and Leonardo Bautista, were among the members of Transportation Workers Local 252 that went on strike against Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company on Monday.
District officials: Baumann bus drivers strike in Baldwin, Freeport, Rockville Centre
Drivers for the Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company went on strike Monday at 5 p.m., which meant thousands of students in the Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville Centre school districts had to get themselves to school. more
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Trump’s early days are reminiscent of Reagan’s
President Donald Trump has flexed his executive muscles to expeditiously push through policies he promised on the campaign trail. He’s actually taking a page out of former President Obama’s book by . . . more
Striking Verizon workers were in Malverne recently, picketing in front of a home being serviced by non-union workers on Morris Avenue West. From left were Ken Lerner of Coram, Edward LaChappelle of West Hempstead, Carlos Oscolava of Massapequa and a worker who declined to be identified.
Workers taking it to the streets
Is your Verizon service acting up? Perhaps your Internet connection is slow, or you hear crackling on your phone line? When you call for service, you may get more than just a technician visiting your home. more
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Frank Orsini and Kim Pellizzi hold a bowling fundraiser every October in honor of their mother, Velma, who died 10 years ago from lung cancer.
Doing it for Mom
Ten years have past since Kim Pellizzi, of Seaford, lost her mother to lung cancer. It hasn’t gotten any easier. more
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End ISIS's campaign of terror once and for all
The reign of terror by Islamic State insurgents surged just one day after President Obama asked Congress for new war powers to combat the brutal terror group. more
Anthony Simon, left, the lead union negotiator, about to sign the tentative agreement between the unions and the MTA. Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a news conference Thursday afternoon with Simon and MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast, right, who signed before Simon.
NO STRIKE!
A Long Island Rail Road strike has been averted. The MTA and LIRR unions signed an agreement on Thursday at 1:38 p.m. "We have settled a four-year dispute," Governor Cuomo said at a news conference at his New York City office on Thursday at 1:26 p.m. (Governor's full statement at the end of this news report.) more
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Stay at the table and work this out
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t get involved in the threatened strike by unionized LIRR workers, which may happen on Sunday. more
Commuters, let's not let unions bring us to our knees!
With over 300,000 daily riders, the Long Island Rail Road is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. But in just two weeks . . . more
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