Things we don’t want in our backyards: incinerators, releasing toxic fumes in the air. Nightclubs, with late-night rooftop music. Prisons, with their high walls and guarded towers.
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4/7/22
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association is working with the Nassau County Parks Department to fix up the ‘old playground’ at Grant Park — a long-overdue project.
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By Lisa Margaria
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4/7/22
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Gerard Romaine, from Lawrence, and Matthew Bakshi, of Woodmere, both earned certificates of achievement for completing the maintenance course and the stock course, respectively that is part of Nassau BOCES Intensive Support Program.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/31/22
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You are a 61-year-old newly named deputy editor for Herald Community Newspapers who also serves as a senior editor mentoring less experienced colleagues and the editor of the Nassau Herald, a community weekly newspaper that covers the Five Towns.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/31/22
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It was said to be cold that spring morning in 1768 when 20 or so businessmen gathered at Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan. The goal was to create a coalition of merchants . . .
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3/31/22
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Reciting the digits of Pi — 3.14 — the number represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter is becoming an annual ritual for Hewlett High School junior Anthony Ginzburg.
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By Lisa Margaria
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3/31/22
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The six long tables were evenly divided, with chairs on either side, with plenty of room for breakfast, coffee and some juice.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/31/22
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Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, convicted in 2019 of accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for backing $20 million in indirect loan guarantees to Oyster Bay Town, should receive 17½ years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office recommended Thursday.
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By James Bernstein
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3/10/22
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The Lawrence School District reported that two swastikas were etched on a metal plate in a hallway of the elementary school portion of the Broadway campus that also houses the middle school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/10/22
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Eric “Ari” Brown, deputy mayor of the village of Cedarhurst, was selected by the Nassau County Republican Committee to run in a special election for the 20th Assembly District on April 7. …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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3/10/22
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