According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/8/12
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A New York state court ruled this week against Martin Heidgen’s appeal to have his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter, for driving drunk the wrong way on the Meadowbrook Parkway in 2005 and killing two people.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/16/11
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The Valley Stream Village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Monday night about its plans to purchase a building on Rockaway Avenue to serve as a Village Hall annex.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/15/11
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In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore.
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By Ann E. Friedman and Scott Brinton
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8/16/11
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Court Street Music in Valley Stream presented its ninth annual Student Recital and House Concert on June 12. The recital featured the directors, Helene Williams and Leonard Lehrman, and seven of their students. Geri Lecessi of Lynbrook and Karen Gustave of Valley Stream performed their own compositions.
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8/12/11
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If you’ve gotten a parking ticket in Valley Stream lately, you’ve probably noticed it looks a bit different. The village has purchased four hand-held machines to electronically generate tickets, essentially replacing hand-written tickets.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/29/11
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A State Supreme Court justice has signed a temporary restraining order barring Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, the County Board of Elections and the County Legislature from adopting the new legislative redistricting lines that were approved on May 24.
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By David Weingrad
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6/2/11
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Three Boy Scouts from Valley Stream Troop 109 earned the highest honor in scouting on May 21, when they officially became Eagle Scouts.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/1/11
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With a single vote on May 24, the Nassau County Legislature shifted 576,000 voters out of their current legislative districts and into new ones, while also moving certain districts, such as the 19th, across the county.
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By David Weingrad
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5/24/11
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Democrats welcomed news last Thursday that a State Supreme Court justice had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature from moving ahead with a plan to redraw the Legislature’s lines.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/13/11
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