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The Hempstead town board voted unanimously to increase the age to buy tobacco, nicotine and e-cigarette products and paraphernalia to 21 on April 25.
Town raises age for tobacco sales to 21
The Town of Hempstead board voted unanimously to increase the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, liquid nicotine, electronic cigarettes and all smoking paraphernalia to 21 during a board meeting on April 25. more
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New York American Water prepared a Malverne street for new water mains last year. The state said last week it will invest $2.5 billion in water infrastructure projects.
State allocates $2.5 billion for water quality
New York state’s new $163 billion budget passed last week, including an allocation of $2.5 billion for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which aims to improve water distribution systems’ safety and quality. more
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Ed Ambrosino was arrested March 31 for wire fraud and tax evasion.
Hempstead Town Councilman Ed Ambrosino arrested
Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino was arrested March 31 and charged with eight counts of wire fraud, tax evasion, making and subscribing to false corporate tax returns, and failing to file a return or pay tax, according to an indictment released March 31 by the U.S. Department of Justice. more
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino held a news conference in Point Lookout on March 13 where he announced that the town was named a Clean Energy Community by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Town of Hempstead named ‘Clean Energy Community’
New York State named the Town of Hempstead a Clean Energy Community earlier this month, a designation that qualifies the town for $150,000 in grant funding to pursue additional renewable energy … more
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Cracked concrete is one of the many problems at the Lynbrook train station, and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Mayor Bill Hendrick have teamed up to encourage the MTA to spend money on improvements.
Elected officials want MTA to fix Lynbrook, RVC LIRR stations
Local elected officials are teaming up to urge the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to allocate funds toward improving the Lynbrook and Rockville Centre train stations, which they say have been neglected. more
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An air pump at a West Hempstead Exxon station.
Hempstead battling decision barring free-air ordinance
The Town of Hempstead is fighting a court decision that temporarily bars it from requiring gas station owners to provide free compressed air 24 hours a day so drivers can fill their tires. more
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George Pappas, the Atlantic Beach mayor, attended the inauguration with his two children, George III and Mia.
Trump's time: South Shore residents attend inauguration
Atlantic Beach Mayor George Pappas and his children, George III, 13 and Mia, 11, made their way past the barricades and crowds that surrounded the Capitol early on Jan. 20 and staked out a position … more
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Women, men and children by the hundreds of thousands turned out on Saturday to call on the Trump administration to respect women's rights, including a woman's right to choose. Above, a view of the protest in Washington, D.C.
South Shore residents in the thick of Women's Marches
One day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, women, men and children by the hundreds of thousands descended on Washington, D.C., New York City and more than 60 major points around the globe on Jan. 21 to send a signal to Republican lawmakers: Women’s rights are human rights. more
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Planned Parenthood of Nassau County staff members offer services at the Hempstead Health Center as well as at the organization’s facilities in Massapequa and Glen Cove.
Nassau Planned Parenthood braces for possible federal defunding
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County’s staff and supporters said that they are concerned that the Republican-majority chambers of Congress will soon move to strip health centers affiliated with … more
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He made it his mission ... love must win
As thousands of police and civilians stood waiting on Fifth Avenue, and more than 100 SUVs, police cars, ambulances and motorcycles lined the street on a Friday morning in the heart of bustling midtown Manhattan, only one thing was missing. Noise. more
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