The American Red Cross recently designated a local school as an evacuation shelter that caters to the cultural needs of the Jewish community.
West Hempstead High School is now a kosher disaster …
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By Lee Landor
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1/12/11
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With a snowstorm expected to dump 8- to 12-inches of snow on Long Island, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano will activate the county’s Non-Emergency Hotline beginning Tuesday at 8 …
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1/11/11
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The Nassau County Legislature in late December unanimously approved a 10-year contract with the Nassau Land Trust to operate Grossmann’s Farm in Malverne, finalizing an ordeal that begin in …
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By Lee Landor
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1/5/11
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To some Malverne residents, making the village the permanent home of Malverne Mel seems like a great idea.
It appears unlikely, however, to happen anytime soon. Suggestions made by the …
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By Lee Landor
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12/22/10
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With the help of school staff and fellow students, the student council at the Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne held a two-week holiday food drive that resulted in the collected of more than …
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12/21/10
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Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it.
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12/16/10
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Thousands of Long Island families had a more abundant feast this Thanksgiving Day due in large part to the generosity of Robert Jesberger, proprietor of Mid Island Collision of Rockville Centre. At a …
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By Andrew McClure
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12/15/10
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Now that the Nassau County Legislature has already approved a $2.6 billion budget plan for next year, the Oceanside and Island Park school districts — along with those across the county — must …
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Tom Steinert
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12/8/10
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South Side High School sophomore Adam Moss received a citation from Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Nov. 10 for his support of diabetes research, his commitment to educating his peers …
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12/1/10
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Tough times call for compromise and resolution, and for elected officials, legislators and community leaders to focus their energies on problem-solving.
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos …
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11/24/10
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