Keyword: Town of Hempstead
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A group of Herald Community Newspapers executives, editors, reporters and interns took a kayak tour on Nassau County’s wild side last Thursday, launching from the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick. Among those on the tour was Stuart Richner, who co-owns Richner Communications Inc., the Heralds’ parent company.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/17/12
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Round the final bend as you’re headed south on the Loop Parkway into Lido Beach, and you suddenly spot it in the distance –– a more than 10-story, high-powered wind turbine, with its massive rotors spinning in the wind, generating electricity to power a hydrogen-fueling station at the Town of Hempstead’s Department of Conservation and Waterways.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/25/12
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Protesters’ signs jeered at the Town of Hempstead on Sunday, calling a decision to trap and move feral cats in a colony at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore “cruel” and “corrupt.”
The town had planed to move dozens of feral cats from their makeshift protected shelter behind the baseball field at the park. The move was set to begin on May 1, but following the weekend’s protest, the town has postponed the relocation.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/3/12
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South Shore residents accustomed to jumping in their boats and heading out for a day of clamming in Hempstead Bay will have to travel farther this spring and summer. At the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Town of Hempstead’s shellfishing areas west of the Wantagh Parkway were closed in February, with additional areas closed on April 1. Affected areas include the waters south of Bellmore, Merrick and Freeport.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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4/19/12
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Seven businesses on Elmont’s east side will close in the coming months, according to a plan to build a Walgreens pharmacy that was approved 6-0 by the Hempstead Town Zoning Board of Appeals last week.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/9/12
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A proposal to build a Walgreens pharmacy on the southwest corner of Meacham Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont — and to demolish a plaza housing seven existing businesses in the process — has been harshly criticized by many residents and business owners.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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Three local couples celebrated a renewal of their wedding vows at an affair of love held at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale on Valentine’s Day.
On a day steeped in romance, local …
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By Sean Harmon
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2/22/12
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Hempstead town officials touted past successes and looked to the future during the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday at Town Hall. After being re-elected in November, Supervisor Kate Murray, council members Edward Ambrosino, Angie Cullin and Jim Darcy, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla and Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin began new terms.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/4/12
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Cousins Brittany Chajkewicz of West Hempstead and Stephanie Smith of Franklin Square, both 16, have been members of the West Hempstead-Franklin Square Girl Scout Association’s Troop 1422 since they were in kindergarten, as Brownies.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/17/11
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The record-breaking blizzards that blanketed everything with snow and freezing rains in the winter of 2010-11 may seem like distant memories, but, alas, it is that time of year again. And just as you winterize your homes and prepare for storms that may pass through in the coming months, the Town of Hempstead is readying itself and its supplies for what the Farmers' Almanac termed "clime and punishment," a season of unusually cold and stormy weather.
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By Lee Landor, llandor@liherald.com
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12/17/11
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