Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters.
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By James Bernstein
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1/14/21
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Maurice W. Downing Primary School’s first-grade students in Kim Piccola, Katie Smyth, and Amanda Correia and Jennifer Eisenberg’s class wrote festive letters to their pen pals in the …
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1/14/21
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Melanie R. Keveles died on Nov. 25 in Duluth, Minn., and was laid to rest next to her parents, Abraham and Natalie Shenkman, on Long Island.
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1/14/21
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Decades before Lynbrook’s dirt roads were paved with macadam and asphalt, they were covered with oyster shells.
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By Art Mattson
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1/14/21
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Dec. 14, pharmacist Anthony Longo said, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/14/21
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran must quarantine for 10 days because of a recent exposure to a person who had tested positive for Covid-19.
Curran's press office reported Thursday that the …
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1/14/21
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The riot perpetrated by a mob of insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6 spurred plenty of local reaction.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/14/21
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The Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead will host its next no-contact curbside food drive to collect the most needed items for guests of the soup kitchen.
Call (516) 732-6009 with …
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1/11/21
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Echoes of people singing “Happy Birthday” could be heard from the Atria Lynbrook retirement living center on Dec. 23 at about 1:30 p.m., as family members sang to resident Signe Ralph in …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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1/7/21
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Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a new column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years. This week: the 1876 racetrack.
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By Art Mattson
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1/7/21
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