To help close the more than $300 million budget deficit that Nassau now faces, County Executive Ed Mangano’s recently proposed budget includes a proposal to end the county’s “guarantee” that it will pay refunds owed when homeowners successfully challenge their tax assessments.
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David Weingrad
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10/15/10
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County police arrested three local teenagers Thursday for allegedly assaulting a fellow teen and hurling anti-gay slurs at him during a bus ride home from a Hicksville BOCES school. Cops classified the …
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Lee Landor
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10/14/10
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These days almost everybody has a complaint about the government. In Washington it’s about health care, taxes, over-regulation and bailouts. Here at home the complaints deal with the economy and real estate taxes, but mostly taxes.
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Jerry Kremer
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10/7/10
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CRED or “Cool Rock Education,” is what The Rock Underground, a full-service music school, is all about. If you grew up in the days of garage bands, you will wonder why this incredible concept took so long to become a reality.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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9/30/10
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Thomas Crotty stood and stared for a moment on Friday at the twisted, rusted, 1,600-pound steel girder in front of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Brookside School in North Merrick. “It was very thoughtful of the community and the young people to do this so the day and the people will not be forgotten,” Crotty remarked.
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Scott Brinton
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9/24/10
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It used to be that when we sent our children, our precious little cargo, off to their first day of school, all we had to say was, “Look both ways when you cross the street” or “Don’t talk to strangers” or “Come right home after school.”
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9/22/10
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Commemorate the responders involved with the tragic events of Sept. 11 at a special fundraiser honoring the late FDNY firefighter Vincent Albanese, among other events this weekend.
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9/10/10
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Youth and depth will be the theme for Hofstra men’s soccer in 2010 as the Pride graduated five starters, including three All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) performers, from last year’s 8-7-2 team.
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Tony Bellissimo
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9/8/10
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There are two ways to write this story: glass half full, glass half empty. I believe I’ll take a sip from each in describing the recent reunion cruise of Lawrence High School’s class of 1964.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/3/10
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The start of the Nassau County football season is less than a week away.
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Tony Bellissimo
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9/2/10
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