A Nassau County jury acquitted Franklin Square native and former New York City police officer Anthony Battisti, who had been accused of hiring a hit man to kill his ex-wife in the midst of an ugly custody battle.
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Matthew Hampton
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6/10/10
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Elmont and Franklin Square Memorial Day Parades!
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Franklin Square and Elmont celebrated Memorial Day with fanfare.
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Matthew Hampton
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6/10/10
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North Shore Animal League America -- the world's largest no-kill shelter -- held its annual Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon on June 9 at the Garden City Hotel.
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Mary Malloy
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6/9/10
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A hot day at Belmont turned out to be just the ticket for Drosselmeyer, the winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes in Elmont last Saturday.
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Matthew Hampton
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6/9/10
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Assemblyman Tom Alfano, a 15-year incumbent in the New York State Assembly, will retire at the end of his current term, according to Michael Morrisey, the legislative director with his office.
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Matthew Hampton
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6/8/10
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On April 20, an explosion off the Gulf Coast on an oil rig leased by British Petroleum marked the unfortunate beginning of the worst oil spill in our nation’s history.
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Al D'Amato
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6/3/10
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Part six in a series.
Happening upon this seemingly abandoned lot might leave you with the feeling that you're about to witness a late-night drug deal, but in fact, you would have stumbled on one of the places that heroin dealers and addicts fear most.
It's the heart of the Nassau County Police Department's Heroin Task Force. Much of what happens here is kept under wraps. Police asked that the address be kept confidential. The following is what authorities can share.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/2/10
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Exhibits and more...
CurrentsAn exhibit highlighting three exciting artists working today: Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Benjamin Edwards and Tom Sanford. All three artists have been shown widely in …
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6/2/10
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Once inside Soigné, a quaint ten-table restaurant on Broadway in Woodmere, you feel as if you have entered a quiet, romantic out-of-the-way spot in France.
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Mary Malloy
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5/30/10
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In 1915, in response to John McCrae’s battlefront-theme poem In Flanders Fields, Moina Micheal, a professor at the University of Georgia, published a poem in response called “We Shall Keep the …
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Mary Malloy
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5/27/10
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