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They’re called bay houses, and they’re a distinctly Long Island sight. Built on stilts and reachable only by boat, bay houses have been hovering over the wetlands in Nassau County for around 300 years. Today they are an endangered species — protected, but endangered — and they encapsulate an important facet of Long Island’s maritime ancestry.
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By Chris Connolly
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8/8/12
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After months spent canvassing, a group called Residents for Efficient Special Districts, or RESD, finally delivered the 5,000 signatures it needed to force a referendum on the dissolution of Sanitary District 2. The submission of the petitions at the Nassau County clerk’s office on July 23 caused quite a splash, with a procession of activists bearing stacks of signed documents into the building after making impassioned speeches outside.
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By Chris Connolly
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8/1/12
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If you have walked, driven, pedaled a bike or rowed your boat on Long Island in the last decade, you’ve likely noticed that there are a lot of geese around. They inhabit golf courses, sports fields, playgrounds, lakes, ponds and every place in between. But where did all these geese come from? What’s being done to control their population? Why don’t they fly south for the winter? Or just fly south
for good? In short, what’s the deal with the geese?
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By Chris Connolly
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8/1/12
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced last Wednesday that level three sex offender and Baldwin resident Charles Weaver, 55, pleaded guilty to multiple child pornography charges after police found numerous images and videos in his home.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/25/12
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The annual election for a commissioner’s seat on the board of Sanitary District 2 was scheduled for Thursday, July 26, from 2 to 10 p.m.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/25/12
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In the same week that Baldwin residents were set to vote in a Sanitary District 2 commissioner’s election, a large contingent of residents filed
a petition to dissolve the sanitary district entirely. The group, Residents for Efficient Special Districts, which is affiliated with the Long Island Progressive Coalition, secured the 5,000 signatures it needed to compel a referendum on the dissolution of Sani2 and delivered the petition to the Nassau County clerk’s office on Monday.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/25/12
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Baldwin students’ performance on the 2011-12 state English Language Arts and mathematics assessments, given to those in grades 3 through 8, saw both gains and losses when compared with the results in 2010-11.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/25/12
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Nassau County Police detectives reported on Thursday, July 19, that an 84-year-old male runner was struck by a jeep in Baldwin.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/20/12
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If you want to see the future of Merrick Road’s revitalized businesses, look no further than the New Old Venice Inn, now known as NOVI. Its attractive burgundy awning, oval wooden sign and café-style street lighting will be used as a template for the five businesses neighboring it to the east, as well as one across Merrick Road, on the south side of the street.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/18/12
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Nearly 200 feet below the hallowed clock in Grand Central Terminal, below the Oyster Bar, the periwinkle blue ceiling depicting the constellations and the millions of bustling feet, is a world few people imagine. This is the realm of the Sandhogs, a storied union more than 100 years old whose members tunnel, blast and burrow the holes in the ground into which surface-dwelling New Yorkers descend daily on their travels.
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By Chris Connolly
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7/11/12
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