Keyword: Scott Brinton
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Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/15/11
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Self-centered bordering on narcissistic. That’s how I would describe the U.S.’s reaction to the democratic revolution that has swept across the Middle East and North Africa in recent months.
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Scott Brinton
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3/10/11
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On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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“When do we see average, law-abiding Muslims piecing together their lives in a chaotic world? When do we meet the vast majority of the Middle East’s dense population to understand them, to know them, to feel any sense of sympathy for them?”
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by Scott Brinton
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2/24/11
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On Jan. 18, America Online’s Politics Daily ran a column by poet and essayist Donna Trussell in which she advocated dismantling the U.S. Peace Corps because of its apparent failure to protect female volunteers. “Peace Corps Turns 50 Amid Charges of Rape, Murder and Cover-Up” read the headline.
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by Scott Brinton
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1/27/11
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Merrick singing sensation Robbie Rosen rose to instant national acclaim on Wednesday after his successful “American Idol” audition aired on Fox. Now Merokeans who know Rosen well say they’re hoping to see the well-liked 16-year-old go all the way in the national talent search.
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David Weingrad
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1/21/11
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Calhoun High School singing sensation Robbie Rosen, all of 16 years old, recently received the news that he had waited for nine years to hear –– he’s headed to Hollywood to compete in season 10 of “American Idol.”
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By Scott Brinton
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1/20/11
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Trucking of raw sewage from Nassau County’s Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to a pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick is continuing as the county works to fix mechanical problems at the Bay Park plant, said Bill Fonda, a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman, in an interview on Thursday.
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David Weingrad
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1/6/11
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, put together a list of emergency numbers that people might need in case of emergency during the final blizzard of December …
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by Scott Brinton
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12/27/10
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Updated 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 27. A fierce winter storm that rolled into Bellmore-Merrick around 9 a.m. on Sunday continued to pound the community through Monday morning, dumping 12 to 20 inches of snow on the ground and buffeting the area with winds from 15 to 50 miles per hour. Temperatures dipped into the teens.
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By Scott Brinton and David Weingrad
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12/26/10
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