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Once upon a time, politics was a sport that the outside world watched with great intensity. It attracted the rich and the poor. It attracted dreamers and schemers.
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3/8/12
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In a contentious meeting on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature voted 10 to 9 along party lines to implement a new Community Policing Plan, in which four of the county’s eight police precincts will be closed over the next seven months and replaced with “community policing centers.”
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By Aaron Axelson and Brian Croce
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3/7/12
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When Councilman Ed Ambrosino (R-North Valley Stream) first read William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” play as a teenager, Caesar’s famous line, “Cry, ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war” — a signal given to the English military forces to direct soldiers to fight — stuck with him. He thought about those words often several years thereafter, and when he was elected as a Town of Hempstead Councilman in 2003, the quote took on a new meaning for him: it became representative of the sacrifices made by American soldiers.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/6/12
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In a contentious meeting on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature voted 10 to 9 along party lines to implement a new Community Policing Plan, in which four of the county’s eight police precincts will be closed over the next seven months and replaced with “community policing centers.”
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By Aaron Axelson, aaxelson@liherald.com
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3/6/12
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Just two months into delivering bus service to Nassau County riders, Veolia Transportation is ready to reduce service on certain routes while increasing it on others.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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2/29/12
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Several South Shore civic and elected leaders have banded together to decry a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage treatment plants to a …
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Chris Engelhardt and David Weingrad
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2/29/12
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More than a dozen local residents gathered outside the district office of State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) in Garden City Park on Feb. 17 to show their support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in the extraction of natural gas.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/25/12
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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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A 72-year-old man from Jamaica, Queens, was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle while crossing Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont on Feb. 14 at 8:12 p.m.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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Nassau County police have arrested 70 burglars in the first seven weeks of 2012, a marked increase from recent years, said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano at a press conference last Thursday.
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By Aaron Axelson
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2/23/12
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