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Over 100 years ago, Glen Cove residents wrote a letter to Mayor James M. Burns requesting permission to play baseball games on Sundays. The resolution passed with a unanimous “aye.” To celebrate the roots of the sport, the city held its annual vintage baseball game on July 20, taking a step back in time to when the rules were drastically different. The match was between the Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club and the New York Mutuals Baseball Club.
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By Roksana Amid
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7/30/23
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For all Americans, and particularly Long Islanders, who recall the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, reliving those tragic moments each year is devastating, and yet, at the same time, gratifying and reassuring.
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9/14/23
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Last year was the hottest ever recorded on Earth, with accompanying climate disasters. More than 40 percent of the planet’s surface was at least 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than in the late 19th century. Many scientists believe that a 1.5-degree increase over preindustrial levels is the point at which severe climate consequences begin.
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By Alan Singer
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1/26/24
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As the Democratic primary for the state Senate seat currently held by Jack Martins heats up, Brad Schwartz says he has the answers to the challenges facing communities. Armed with a wealth of policy …
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By Will Sheeline
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6/14/24
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Read a book. Listen to a book. But don’t feel like you have to physically pick up the book.
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By Kepherd Daniel
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9/5/23
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As a result of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, signed into law in 2019, New York committed to ambitious targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 . . .
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By Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
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11/9/23
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On Nov. 7, I was honored and humbled to be elected to the Nassau County Legislature by the residents of the 1st Legislative District, which comprises the Village of Rockville Centre and most of the Village of Hempstead.
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By Scott Davis
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1/12/24
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Thousands of Glen Cove residents were left in the dark during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, but one house remained lit, full and lively: the home of Antoinette D. Cappiello, a mother to the entire …
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Jenna Stanco
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6/29/24
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Having served in the Assembly for 23 years, I can’t avoid comparing the Legislature of my days and the current one. So much has changed, a lot of it for the good. There are now such things as electronic voting, immediate access to pending legislation, a modern sound system and many other changes that make legislating so much faster, easier and smarter.
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By Jerry Kremer
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2/9/24
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I’m occasionally asked a puzzling question by some people in political circles. What, they ask, do people in the Five Towns want from us in government. I respond, of course, that Five Towns residents want the very same things that everyone else, in every other neighborhood, wants and needs. They want their public officials to provide, above all, safety for their families. They want good schools, clean streets, good roads and an efficient, well-run government that keeps taxes as low as possible.
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By Howard Kopel
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1/12/24
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