Performances/On Stage
Elf The modern-day holiday classic, based on the popular film, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23-24, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 25, 2 and 7 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. …
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11/23/18
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The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1.
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/10/18
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Performances/On Stage
Hot JazzAn all-star combo performs traditional and swing favorites, Thursday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets required, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. …
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10/25/18
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Days before the Town of Hempstead’s pair of public budget hearings, Supervisor Laura Gillen proposed what she called a “compromise budget,” incorporating some of the additions and cuts the Republican-led Town Board forced onto her budget at an Oct. 16 meeting.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/25/18
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The state Public Service Commission on Oct. 18 selected PA Consulting Group, an international consulting company, as the independent monitor to oversee New York American Water’s controls and …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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10/25/18
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Performances/On Stage
Man of La Mancha The classic musical based on Cervantes’ “Don Quixote,” Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18-19, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 20, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, …
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10/18/18
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On Monday, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, was expected to present her tentative 2019 budget to the Town Board. However, just before Monday’s special meeting began, the other six members of the Republican-controlled board held a news conference, announcing that they had their own spending plan, which they said would lower taxes by 4.2 percent.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/18/18
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen last week submitted her 2019 budget for the town. The roughly $443-million spending plan — Gillen’s first — should make for a small tax reduction for 80 percent of residents, the supervisor said.
Gillen, a Democrat, said that her budget would “right the town’s fiscal ship,” after prior fiscal management.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/11/18
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Performances/On Stage
Dream of a Common LanguageHeather McDonald’s intriguing drama that explores the delicately complex balance between artistic calling, family life and societal …
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10/10/18
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Performances/On Stage
Eric SchenkmanThe Spin Doctors’ Eric Schenkman headlines a concert featuring Bridges & Tunnles and Andrew Weiss and Friends, Thursday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. My …
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9/27/18
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