Last week I was at two events that, in very different ways, encapsulated significant aspects of my life. The first was in Washington . . .
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6/22/23
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I should point out that this is a really open letter, because my dad died four years ago.
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6/22/23
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Bound by blood and a mutual love of American roots music, the Bacon Brothers have spent the past quarter-century in a creative whirl, funneling their shared DNA into their unique sound that crosses genres. They call that sound “Forosoco” — a blend of folk, rock, soul and country influences, delivered by two songwriters who were born to collaborate — and it’s taken the siblings across the world.
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By Karen Bloom
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6/21/23
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There was no shortage of thrilling finishes and heartbreak on Nassau County high school athletic fields this spring, capped by a nearly 4-hourlong Long Island Class A softball championship game …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/21/23
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They don’t just want to pause rent increases in rent-stabilized apartments in Nassau
County. They want to go back to 2021, before the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board
allowed 2 percent …
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By Brandon Cruz
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6/19/23
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“History is not the past, but a map of the past,” historian Henry Glassie once said, “drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.”
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6/15/23
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Every second and fourth Saturday at 10 a.m., 15 active members and two honorary members of the Hempstead/Uniondale Rotary Club gather at the Fulton Diner in Hempstead and make plans to benefit their …
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By Reine Bethany
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6/15/23
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Rows of three-sided displays standing on long tables in the auditorium of Jackson Main Elementary School gave colorful expression to the scholastic achievements of the 2022–23 sixth grade …
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By Reine Bethany
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6/15/23
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I wrote my heart out after 9/11, scribbled my way through blackouts, epic blizzards, hurricanes and, for three years, the pandemic.
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6/15/23
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Serving as a police officer for 22 years, I saw firsthand the effectiveness of the “broken windows” model of policing.
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By Christopher Carini
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6/15/23
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