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Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/2/12
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Residents of Island Park and the southern portion of Oceanside have joined the 4th Congressional district after a panel of federal judges issued court-drawn revised district maps for New York …
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Aaron Axelson
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3/28/12
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Nearly 450 local residents attended a mortgage safety seminar at the Elmont Memorial Library in Elmont on March 10.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/28/12
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Nassau County Legislators Denise Ford, Howard Kopel and Dennis Dunne, all Republicans, recently filed legislation to ban the processing of hydraulic fracturing, or “hydrofracking,” waste at county sewage-treatment plants. On March 26, the Republicans’ bill passed out of the Legislature’s Planning and Rules Committee.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/26/12
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County Executive Ed Mangano delivered his third State of the County address to a crowd of more than 100 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on March 14. In the hour-long speech, Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, emphasized his pledge to cut property taxes by reducing the size of government, seeking more partnerships with the private sector and fixing the county’s broken property tax assessment system.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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3/22/12
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Incumbent Village of Island Park Trustees Steve D'Esposito and Irene Naudus won yesterday's village election, securing themselves another four-year term.
D'Esposito was the clear winner of the …
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Alex Costello
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3/21/12
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The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously on March 19 to approve a police retirement incentive plan that County Executive Edward Mangano said was a key component of the controversial new community policing center plan, which will turn four of the county’s eight police precincts into Community Policing Centers.
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By Aaron Axelson, aaxelson@liherald.com
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3/20/12
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Island Park residents will be able to vote for two trustees next week.
Incumbents Steve D’Esposito and Irene Naudus, who are seeking their fifth and second full terms, respectively, are being …
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3/14/12
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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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Laura Risolo Hassett, a write-in Independent candidate, is challenging incumbents Irene Naudus and Steve D’Esposito for two seats on the Island Park Board of Trustees.
Naudus and D’Esposito …
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3/7/12
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