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After some seven years of studies, community meetings, press conferences and tens of millions of dollars spent on planning and consultants, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum remains an aging concrete behemoth surrounded by 77 acres of cracking asphalt. It is a glaring eyesore in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties.
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5/6/10
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Spoiler alert: If you don’t want to know how it came out, read no further.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my prospective gallbladder surgery, and now it’s done. Not only was the operation a success, but the patient survived.
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Randi Kreiss
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5/6/10
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Long Beach is becoming an aristocracy
To the Editor:
I was shocked to read that list of salaries for Long Beach police lieutenants, sergeants and detectives (“Police approve contract,” …
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5/6/10
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I was a teacher for years, so I know firsthand the challenges of the classroom, and I continue to be in awe of those who inspire the children they teach and honor the profession they have chosen.
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Randi Kreiss
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4/30/10
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On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year.
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4/30/10
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I owe George Washington an apology. Yes, George Washington, as in President George Washington, father of the nation.
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Scott Brinton
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4/29/10
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The great Mayor Ed Koch used to say he’d like to take a pitchfork through the Wall Street executives who fleeced Americans over the past decade.
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Al D'Amato
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4/29/10
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I’ve never met anyone who says, “I watch TV all day, and I especially love ‘The Real Housewives of New York City,’ ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘The Biggest Loser.’ ” Most folks I know claim not to watch TV at all — not ever. Well, hardly ever.
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Randi Kreiss
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4/29/10
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Get ready for new tax hills to climbTo the Editor: On May 24, the Long Beach City Council will have numerous hearings on raising many of its fees. These “fees”— another way of …
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4/29/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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