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On April 22, we will celebrate the 46th annual Earth Day, when, ideally, we should commit to improving the state of our great Mother Ship. Despite our best efforts to discover a second planet where we might lay down roots . . .
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4/21/16
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For voters who have questions or issues at their polling place a legal hotline has been set up by Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, which is led by the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights to help ensure that all eligible New Yorkers have an equal opportunity to vote on Tuesday in the presidential primary.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/14/16
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $37 million contract to a Bay Shore-based construction and engineering firm to begin the first phase of a long-awaited coastal protection project for the barrier island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Ben Strack
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4/1/16
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Many American food corporations –– particularly the processed food corporations –– want the federal government to usurp states’ rights. In particular, they want Congress to pass legislation . . .
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3/24/16
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Construction on Long Beach Island’s long-awaited coastal protection project will begin this year, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced last week that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a $209 million project partnership agreement with the city and the state.
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By Ben Strack
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2/18/16
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By now most people are familiar with their local fire departments’ reminders to change the batteries in their smoke detectors . . .
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10/1/15
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The village’s Water Department was cited by the county Department of Health last week for three violations, including two for not correctly monitoring water.
On Sept. 25, the village received a …
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By Alex Costello
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9/30/15
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It’s been a year since Operation Protective Edge saw the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas engage in a brutal fight that killed at least 2,104 Palestinians, 66 Israeli soldiers and seven civilians in …
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By Micah Danney
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8/13/15
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The Waldbaum’s at 1686 Merrick Road in Merrick is currently open for business. Whether it will remain so is uncertain.
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By Brian Racow
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7/29/15
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With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday.
Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/29/15
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