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The Long Island Philharmonic tunes up for its summer season in the parks.
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6/27/12
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Following a recently released National Transportation Safety Board report that calls for more comprehensive driver history checks of bus drivers, New York State Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, called on the state Assembly to pass legislation that would require criminal background checks for bus drivers. The legislation, sponsored by Fuschillo, was approved by the Senate in January.
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6/18/12
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Whether you’re rich or poor, live in the city or suburbs or are young or old, at one time or another you’ll ride on a bus of some kind.
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6/14/12
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Last week, the federal government granted New York a waiver to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act that will allow it to set new standards for students and not be held to the 2014 deadline of …
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By Alex Costello
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6/6/12
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The Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association, representing boards of education from across Long Island, honored Bellmore/Merrick Herald Senior Editor Scott Brinton with its Friend of Education Award on Wednesday at a dinner at the Woodbury Country Club.
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5/31/12
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Every day, nearly 50,000 vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses in New York state. According to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee 2009 report, 69 students were injured between 2002 and 2004 by motorists illegally passing buses. One student was killed.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/24/12
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School spending plans passed at a high rate on Long Island and throughout New York state last week, ending the first budget season in which districts were limited by the state’s new tax levy cap.
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5/24/12
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Last week, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to announce support for same-sex marriage.
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5/17/12
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Parents have long warned their teens about the dangers of whiskey and heroin. But what about hand sanitizer? Or incense? Or high-alcohol-content beverages sold on supermarket shelves next to sports drinks?
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5/3/12
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It’s marketed as herbal incense at gas stations and convenience stores across the country, but what’s sold under brand names like Spice and K2 is really a combination of herbs and chemicals that mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, according to the New York State Department of Health. While smoking the compound, users might suffer heart attacks, respiratory distress or kidney failure.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/3/12
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