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Swimming in a pool or the ocean is some of the best fun that summer has to offer, but the dangers are ever-present — in the Town of Hempstead alone, lifeguards make more than 2,000 rescues each summer . . .
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6/25/15
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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ...
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By Brian Racow
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6/3/15
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In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . .
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4/23/15
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Residents of the Malverne school district, and dozens of other school districts throughout the state, will be participating in a simultaneous "Protect Our Schools" demonstration tomorrow, Thursday March 26th at 3:30 p.m. The event is being organized state-wide by the New York State Allies for Public Education and will be held in Mavlerne at the corner of Aberdeen Street and Ocean Avenue.
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3/25/15
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is holding a public meeting, to explain the proposed cleanup of the former Smart Set Cleaners site at 16 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside.
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3/4/15
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The application periods for the Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) grant and Fire Prevention & Safety (FPS) grant were announced last week.
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Rossana Weitekamp
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2/5/15
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On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker.
Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/7/15
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The holidays are the favorite time of year for many people, and it’s easy to understand why: families celebrate, gathering from far and wide. Happiness is the hope and everyone’s wish.
So let’s keep it that way.
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12/11/14
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Patients should stop thinking of powerful pain medications like Oxycontin and Vycodin as slightly stronger versions of Tylenol and Advil. Rather, they should think of them as “heroin pills.”
That’s according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing and chief medical officer for Phoenix House, a national, nonprofit drug treatment agency.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/18/14
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The Bellmore Fire Department recently received a distinguished public protection rating, which, officials said, could lower property owners’ fire insurance rates.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/10/14
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