When students at Barnum Woods and Bowling Green wrote and sent Valentine’s Day cards to hospitalized veterans earlier this year, they did not get to see the impact those few kind words had …
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By Mike Caputo
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3/9/11
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The approval of stop signs is often a routine task for the Hempstead Town Board. But one particular proposal this week had an emotional component, especially for the East Meadow School District …
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By Mike Caputo
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3/9/11
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Irene Edwards was in her upstairs bedroom on Monday afternoon when she heard an explosion. Edwards, who lives on Blue Spruce Road in Levittown, said her house shook. She thought the worst.
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by Mike Caputo
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3/2/11
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More than a dozen couples married or renewed vows on Valentine’s Day at Hempstead Town Hall.
Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and Town Clerk Mark Bonilla officiated the ceremonies …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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2/16/11
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A man robbed a Bank of America on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 9:15 a.m., according to police. The incident follows a robbery attempt at the Citibank in Merrick last week.
In each case, the suspect's dress and appearance are similar, according to surveillance photographs, but police could not confirm whether the man was one and the same person in both incidents.
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By David Weingrad
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2/11/11
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No one spoke against a proposal to build four cell antennas inside the steeple of an East Meadow church at a public hearing during the Feb. 2 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting at Hempstead Town …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/11/11
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The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce recently presented several youth organizations with checks for special projects and efforts within the community.
The donations were made through the …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/10/11
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A Lynbrook man was convicted of slashing a bouncer’s head, face and neck during an early-morning altercation at an East Meadow bar in February 2010.
Nassau County District …
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2/9/11
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A group of local dentists volunteered last week to help get kids on their way to building healthy teeth.
Seventy-five dentists from the Nassau County Dental Society, with the help of …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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Robert Zafonte, longtime president of the East Meadow Civic Association, surrendered to authorities on Monday as scheduled at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola.
Zafonte, 65, was …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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