New York City police are investigating the death of an Elmont man, Garth Jackson, 50, who was a passenger in a car that was struck by another vehicle, an SUV, on Sunday night at 119th Avenue and …
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7/23/15
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Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted a Queens man of all charges stemming from a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin …
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7/16/15
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On July 10, South Carolina finally decided to join the Union for good when it removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds in Columbia, its capital.
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7/15/15
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Someone cashed four forged checks, which appeared to be drawn on a Merrick resident’s bank account, between Jan. 24 and 26 at a New York Community Bank in Ridgewood, Queens, according to Nassau County police officials. The Merokean lost more than $3,700, authorities said.
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6/3/15
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What’s the biggest concern on Long Island today? Sure, property taxes and quality education are always on everyone’s mind, but right now the heroin epidemic that is threatening members of our community . . .
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5/7/15
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A Queens man was arrested in Franklin Square on March 25 for selling heroin to an undercover detective while his 18-month-old daughter was in the back seat. Reese R. Russell, 25, of Queens sold a …
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4/1/15
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One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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The Port Authority planned runway expansion at John F. Kennedy International Airport can proceed after a federal Manhattan court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Eastern Queens Alliance (EQA), Inc. against the Port Authority. The court stated the lawsuit’s objections were unfounded or without merit.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/14/15
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What’s in a book? An education. The trouble that too many children in low-income communities face is that they have little to no access to quality texts. One Bellmore resident, Amy Zaslansky, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/31/14
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uA Queens man was arrested last week in the 2012 shooting death of a Central High School graduate, according to the New York Police Department.
Lamell Ford, 33, was charged with second-degree …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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12/23/14
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