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Baldwin High School holds voter pre-registration drive
New York State has recently allowed students aged 16 and 17 to pre-register to vote. In an effort to help students easily register and raise awareness about the importance of democracy, Baldwin … more
Get out and vote this election season
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, but thanks to a new law, New Yorkers will get a running start on the process for the first time in the state’s history. more
Freeporters Nicolas Cordero, 3, left, and Chayse Dean, 5, checked out the inside of a fire truck during a Fire Department tour at Tuesday’s National Night Out at Cow Meadow Park.
‘Proud to be from Freeport’
On Tuesday, Freeport’s Cow Meadow Park was transformed into a community block party to celebrate National Night Out. The event is held in thousands of communities annually on the first Tuesday in August. more
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The parents of resident Alex Pappas were originally told they could not vote in the Glen Cove school bond election because they had not voted in the previous Board of Education election.
Glen Cove school bond voters turned away due to miscue
During the Glen Cove Board of Education meeting on March 13, the first since the proposed $84.6 million school bond was voted down, resident Alex Pappas told the board that his parents had a … more
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Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, left, is running on the Preserve Lynbrook Party line to challenge incumbent Alan Beach, right, for the mayor’s seat in the March 19 village election.
Lynbrook village election candidates gear up for March 7 debate
The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters will host a Meet the Candidates Night and Debate for those running in the upcoming village election at the Lynbrook Public Library on March 7, at 7 p.m. All residents are welcome. more
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Nassau County Board of Elections employee Ricki Casta, left, helped Kevin Greenstein, of Port Washington, cast a vote for his favorite pizza toppings using an AutoMARK machine. The new device will help people with impairments cast their ballots in elections.
Making all voices heard in Nassau County elections
A group of officials watched, intrigued, as Kevin Greenstein, of Port Washington, demonstrated how to use an AutoMARK voter assist terminal, a machine designed for people with physical impairments to … more
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Vote as if your life depended on it
Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . . more
No ethics without fair districting
Talking about ethics is always a crowd-pleaser, particularly when scandals are as recent and as numerous as they have been in New York. So it was almost to be expected when Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged . . . more
For Long Islanders, every vote counts
On Nov. 7, residents will head to the polls to decide who will best represent their interests in their districts, from Nassau County executive and county legislators to . . . more
Public corruption depends on civic apathy
People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . . more
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