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Mordi, center, receives last minute instructions from Queens College coach Daryl Jacobs. Mordi has become a leader on the team, taking players like fellow Valley Stream native Diego Maldonado, second from left, under his wing.
Valley Stream Central H.S. grad leads college team
Jeremiah Mordi didn’t receive much attention during his senior year playing for Central High School’s basketball team; college scouts weren’t at his games and Mordi feared his basketball career … more
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, at the lectern, announced the arrest of nine people in connection with an alleged multi-million-dollar heroin pipeline that led from Mexico to Long Island on Dec. 18. She was joined by County Executive Ed Mangano, fourth from left; Rick Whelan, fourth from right, chief of Rice’s Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau; and other officials.
D.A.: Probe takes down heroin pipeline
Rick Whelan, chief of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, took a brief breather after the news conference. Only minutes earlier, he had stood beside D.A. Kathleen Rice and County Executive Ed Mangano to announce that a team of federal and local... more
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The Port Authority wants to expand one of its runways at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Above, a rendering of the proposed expansion shows that the runway could be extended by 728 feet.
Seeking study of JFK airport runway expansion
A federal court in Manhattan is expected to review a lawsuit on Dec. 18 filed by the Eastern Queens Alliance against the Port Authority in September regarding runway expansion at John F. Kennedy International Airport. more
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Louisa Rodriguez, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, rode a bicycle for the first time at HOPEFitness in North Bellmore last week.
Fitness for all in North Bellmore
“I don’t know,” replied Louisa Rodriguez, 44, when HOPEFitness Sports founder H.L. Greenberg asked whether she wanted to get out of her wheelchair and onto a stationary bicycle at … more
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Easing traffic congestion and increasing accessibility during emergencies are the two main reasons that Legislators Howard Kopel and Phillip Goldfeder are campaigning for the state to complete construction of the Nassau Expressway.
Nassau Expressway completion sought
Calling for the immediate overhaul of the Nassau Expressway, County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) and State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) have scheduled a rally at Five Towns Mini Golf & Batting Range, at 570 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, on Sunday at 10 a.m. to press their point. more
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Nassau County is scheduled to apply ground treatment for West Nile Virus in portions of the Five Towns, including along Reynolds Channel on Aug. 27.
Five Towns to be sprayed for West Nile virus
On Wednesday, Aug. 27 between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., sections of Cedarhurst, Inwood, Lawrence Woodmere and Woodsburgh will receive ground treatment by truck for the West Nile virus, officials from the Nassau County departments of Health and Public Works announced. more
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Rockville Centre resident Michael Wright was charged with making fraudulent LIRR tickets after a lengthy investigation by the MTA police.
Un-fare!
A Rockville Centre man was charged on Aug. 15 with forging Long Island Rail Road tickets and selling them to riders. According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, Michael Wright, 27, of Rockville Centre, was robbing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of thousands of dollars worth of fares by selling the fake tickets to unsuspecting commuters. more
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at microphone, stopped at the Bellmore train station on Tuesday and criticized an MTA/LIRR plan to bus commuters into New York City in the event of an LIRR strike in July. She was joined here by Councilwoman Angie Cullin, lower left, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, Councilman Gary Hudes, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman James Darcy.
Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray lambastes LIRR
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters … more
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After being its assistant principal for five years, Dana Bermas will become the Chatterton Elementary School principal on July 1. Above, second-grader Donovan Matthews shared his Father’s Day project with Bermas.
Chatterton's Dana Bermas to take school's reins
Dressed in a navy blue blazer and a flowered shirt, Dana Bermas gently knocked on the door of Melissa O’Donnell’s second-grade class at Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick on a recent Tuesday … more
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Meredith Gulfman and Don Donneruno, who have joined the team at North Bellmore’s A Taste of Home, will appear on the fourth season of “Next Great Baker” on TLC.
Sweet success at North Bellmore bakery
Meredith Gulfman has been a teaching assistant at Merrick’s Birch Elementary School for six years, but she’s also been baking all her life. Still, she said she was unsure whether … more
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