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Strummin' and Drummin' brings their funky vibe to Planting Fields State Park.
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8/30/18
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This month, the Trump administration announced a fresh round of sanctions against Turkey for its continuing detention of an American evangelical pastor. In light of the Turkish government’s increasingly autocratic leanings and its past material support for the Islamic State . . .
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8/30/18
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The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country.
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8/30/18
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Thanks to a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, states are now allowed to mandate the collection of state sales tax on items purchased online from out-of-state retailers. Passing such a measure in New York, with certain stipulations, would benefit small businesses of all types.
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8/10/18
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With the reconviction of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in July, we are left with the lingering question . . .
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8/2/18
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Tens of millions of dollars in state sales taxes are generated in Nassau County’s 64 villages each year. The state keeps part of the money, and sends part of it . . .
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7/12/18
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At the June 13 Lynbrook Board of Education meeting, several students and teachers expressed their displeasure with a district policy that omits students’ Regents exam grades from their class averages if the scores do not help them.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/21/18
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The very first sentence of the U.S. Constitution sets as a goal to “insure domestic Tranquillity” for the American people. Protecting us from criminal elements in our midst is a key . . .
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6/1/18
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From the look of the damage sustained by a charter bus after it crashed into the Eagle Avenue Bridge on the Southern State Parkway in early April, the incident should have been a mass tragedy.
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5/24/18
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East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School’s unified basketball team continues to inspire players with and without intellectual disabilities.
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By Melissa Koenig
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5/17/18
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