Officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District are looking for the public's OK to sell the Jerusalem Avenue school building to the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/20/17
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Last Friday, President Trump moved to eliminate the last remnants of the Obama administration, prosecutors at the Justice Department. The president ordered the 46 holdover U.S. attorneys to . . .
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3/16/17
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John F. Kennedy, Sanford H. Calhoun and Wellington C. Mepham High Schools have all been named to Niche.com’s list of the 100 best public schools in New York.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/2/17
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Research from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, compiled from three years of publicly available water quality reports, found high levels of 1,4 dioxane in water serviced by the 39 water districts, including the Water Authority of Western Nassau, the Franklin Square Water District, New York American Water’s Lynbrook and Merrick Operations Districts, and the Town of Hempstead Water District.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/28/17
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Because of icy driving conditions and extreme cold, school districts across the South Shore delayed or canceled classes on Feb. 10. According to their websites, as of 5:30 a.m., they …
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By Scott Brinton
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2/10/17
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 119,000 men, women and children on the national waiting list for organ donations. Even more sobering . . .
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2/9/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed free tuition at CUNY and SUNY schools for families earning $100,000 or less in 2017 and families earning $125,000 or less in 2019. We support any good measure that would . . .
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1/12/17
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Democratic challenger John Brooks has won the 8th Senate District.
Brooks defeated State Sen. Michael Venditto in Nassau County by more than 200 votes, according to election officials.
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By Erik Hawkins, Scott Brinton and Laura Schofer
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12/1/16
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We can be thankful that the 2016 election nightmare is officially over. There are almost no happy observations we can make, but I’m compelled to talk about the bad, which has outweighed the good.
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11/10/16
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Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney starts every morning the same way.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/27/16
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