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A surprising bill introduced by Republicans in the county Legislature on Monday gave lead lawmakers significant pay raises, and Democrats, who voted unanimously against the measure, were quick to protest the controversial action the next morning.
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By Matt Hampton and Sari Zeidler
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1/28/10
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According to the results of a statewide youth survey that tracked adolescent substance abuse trends, East Rockaway students have experimented more with smoking and drinking, on average, than those in other parts of the county and state.
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Anthony Bottan
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1/28/10
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Following four days of intense criticism after the Republicans' passage of a significant pay raise for three lead county legislators, Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt said he would call for a bill that would rescind the stipend increases.
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Mike Caputo
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1/27/10
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Haitian-American Carlo Thertus of Island Park speaks about his brother, Hansy Thomas, who is in Haiti, awaiting the first shipment of goods from The Haiti Relief Fund.
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Mary Malloy
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1/24/10
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The Lawrence Board of Trustees have unanimously voted to appoint Lynbrook resident Michael Ryder as their new building department superintendent, said Lawrence Village Administrator David Smollett.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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Opera singer Andrea Arias-Martin felt that she has to do something when she heard about the devastation in Haiti. “The best I could do is what I do every day,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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Maybe not, judging by the entries for the annual East Rockaway Junior High School Science Fair, held on January 14.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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Students at Waverly Park School in the Lynbrook School District have started doing more chores around their houses than usual. The reason? To help the animals of the Galapagos.
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1/21/10
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"This isn’t cocaine. This isn’t a Saturday-Sunday drug. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bill Flanagan, the Nassau County Police Department’s second deputy commissioner, told the assembly of 20 elected leaders, law enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at Levittown Public Library on Thursday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/21/10
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Mary Denyse Magilligan, a senior at Lynbrook High School has earned a coveted spot as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, one of the country’s premier high school science fairs. The school has produced five other Intel Semifinalists over the past 11 years, including 2009 graduate Jing Jian.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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