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Last Thursday, upward of 1,500 people jammed St. Patrick’s Cathedral to express a fond goodbye to the late Gov. Hugh L. Carey. The opinion of the assembled crowd was that it was a great goodbye …
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By Jerry Kremer
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8/18/11
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“I think this is great for locals,” Long Beach resident Rich Napolitano said on Monday at City Hall. “I have a security license — I’m looking for part-time work.”
Though Napolitano …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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8/17/11
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In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore.
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By Ann E. Friedman and Scott Brinton
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8/16/11
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The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood watch for Long Beach this morning, which, by noon Sunday, was updated to a warning, with periods of heavy rain and a possible thunderstorm. This …
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Anthony Rifilato
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8/14/11
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Nassau County voters overwhelmingly said “no” to a proposal to borrow $400 million to build a new Coliseum and minor league ballpark on Monday. Nearly 89,000 of more than 155,000 ballots cast …
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/3/11
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Nassau County voters overwhelming said “no” to a proposal to borrow $400 million to build a new Coliseum and minor league ballpark on Monday. More than 150,000 voters came to the polls, with about 90,000 voting against the plan.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/1/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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The Herald sat down last week with New York Islanders owner Charles Wang and Senior Vice President Michael Picker to talk about the Aug. 1 referendum to borrow $400 million to build a new Nassau Coliseum.
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By Andrew Hackmack and Tony Bellissimo
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7/27/11
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In 2004, the Brennan Center for Justice and New York University’s School of Law released a report describing the New York Legislature as “the most dysfunctional state [government] in the nation.” It was an excellent critique and its findings were well founded.
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By Hal Peterson
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7/26/11
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It's time for some music, with a range of performances to suit all ages and tastes, from some classic big band swing tunes at Hofstra, to a performance by Long Island-based pop-rccker Freddy Monday at East Rockaway's The Fishery.
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7/20/11
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