For those who don't feel like dealing with the crowds at Jones Beach and Eisenhower Park this weekend, another option for weekend fun is to step back in time at an old-fashioned holiday outing.
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5/26/11
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Both the village boards in Lynbrook and East Rockaway have adopted their 2011-12 budgets on Monday night.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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4/27/11
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The Village of Lynbrook’s proposed 2011-12 budget, coming in at about $33.5 million, is 3.6 percent higher than the current spending plan.
The tax rate for homeowners is expected to increase by a little more than 6 percent. Village Administrator John Giordano said that the increase is attributable to a reduction of village tax assessments.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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4/21/11
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The Village of East Rockaway has released its tentative budget for 2011-12, which is 4.4 percent lower than the current spending plan, and which will reduce residents’ taxes by 3.5 percent. This tax cut would mean that the average homeowner will save approximately $94 annually.
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By Mary Malloy
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4/21/11
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Spring fever has arrived, and with it, Earth Day on Friday, while families are occupied with school break. There’s much going on throughout the area, including Earth Day celebrations, to keep the kids happily occupied for the remainder of the spring recess.
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Karen Bloom
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4/20/11
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Twenty-six-year East Rockaway resident and Army veteran Richard Gogarty, 54, has been appointed by the village board as the trustee to fill Irene Villacci’s seat. Villacci resigned from the position last week.
“Because I’ve served 20 years on active duty in the Army, I’ve had an opportunity to see cities and towns over the United States and the world,” Gogarty said. “After seeing all that, I moved to East Rockaway. This is my dream place — a small village in the middle of millions of people. … East Rockaway maintains the independent spirit and closeness found only in a small village.”
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By Mary Malloy
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4/13/11
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Less than a week after he was sworn in as a Malverne Village trustee, James Callahan III suffered a stroke in his home.
The 42-year-old father of four, who has served Malverne as deputy mayor for…
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By Lee Landor
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4/11/11
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Spring's arrival means that it's time for rabbits to make an appearance at Old Bethpage Village. Other top picks this weekend include a performance by the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers at Adelphi and the national tour of the award-winning musical "Spring Awakening" at Tilles Center.
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4/6/11
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At the board meeting held on March 24, the Village of East Rockaway reviewed the cost of operating the village parking fields, and, according to its website, parking meter rates in the village will change from 25 cents per hour to 25 cents per half hour.
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Mary Malloy
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4/6/11
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It was standing room only on Monday in East Rockaway’s Village Hall as the village held its annual reorganization meeting. Francis T. Lenahan was sworn in as mayor and named Trustee Bruno Romano his deputy mayor. Newly elected Trustees Stanley Lombardo and Ed Corrado sat on the dais for the first time.
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Mary Malloy
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4/6/11
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