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According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/8/12
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The Elmont Fire District held its annual election on Dec. 13. Four candidates ran for a seat on the Board of Commissioners. Frank Hrbek Jr. was newly elected to a five-year term as commissioner, receiving 329 votes. Hrbek ran against Pedro Vera Jr., who received 179 votes; Philmon Kempadoo, who received 52 votes; and Frank Lozada, who received eight votes.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/2/12
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The Elmont Union Free School District held an International Ambassadors’ Reception to welcome the district’s newest delegation of fifth and sixth-grade students on Feb. 1, at the Dutch Broadway School in Elmont.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/2/12
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Proposed new State Assembly district maps could drastically alter representation in western Nassau County — and put Elmont in an entirely new district — if the maps become law.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/31/12
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To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead.
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Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/28/12
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On Jan. 17, in front of New York’s policymakers, Governor Cuomo announced his 2012-13 budget. The governor used the speech to apply pressure to our state’s unions, interest groups and school districts by defiantly stating, take what we’re offering or make due without state funding.
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1/26/12
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The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12.
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1/19/12
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Elmont resident Tommy Genova Jr. bowled a 280 in the third game of a 692 series, on Jan. 4, leading the Sewanhaka Central High School District to a 3-0 win over Oyster Bay in the Nassau Conference II bowling tournament.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/18/12
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/17/12
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They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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