When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in March 2020, a new phrase passed into common use: essential worker. The term referred particularly to employees whose jobs were essential to societal function and could not be accomplished remotely, like those in health care, food production, and sanitization. But when employees in these sectors went to work, what happened to their young children?
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By Reine Bethany
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1/6/22
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Bruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executive-elect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.
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1/6/22
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A body was found in Guy Lombardo Marina on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 16.
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12/17/21
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The Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains . . .
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11/25/21
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On. Nov. 13, during a day of high winds in the county, a quick-thinking Freeport firefighter snapped a smartphone picture of a cloud formation over the village that looked threateningly like a twister in the making.
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By Reine Bethany and Jeff Bessen
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11/18/21
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Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, retained his Election Night lead over Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran after all absentee ballots were counted on Nov. 15, finishing with a 2,150-vote lead.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/16/21
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A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the Sept. 10 murder of James T. Diamond, 28, which occurred near South Bay Avenue in Freeport.
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11/4/21
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Four years ago, as the race for Nassau County executive between then Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat, and then State Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, was heating up . . .
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11/4/21
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In the race for filling Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman’s seat between Democrat Ryan E. Cronin and Republican Elaine R. Phillips, the choice to support Cronin comes down to a wholistic plan of accountability across parties and systems modernization.
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10/30/21
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Republican Steve Rhoads has worked passionately for the residents of Nassau County’s 19th Legislative District over the past two years. After a term that became defined by a pandemic, the district was fortunate to have Rhoads at the lead.
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10/30/21
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