As she stood in her house on Prospect Avenue, Lynn Mulato said she was shocked to learn that as a homeowner paying already high taxes in East Rockaway for 28 years, she might now pay even more because of new federal tax legislation.
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By Mike Smollins and Scott Brinton
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11/22/17
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You need a scorecard to keep up with the sexual harassers these days. Used to be there was an occasional murmur about bad behavior by a celebrity or a political hot shot . . .
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11/16/17
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We are living in a binary world now. We must be, because the word “binary” has become the “it” word. And it does seem to be the defining concept of the new normal: black or white, right or wrong, up or down.
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10/20/17
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Performances/On Stage
GypsyThe classic musical set backstage on the 1920s-30s burlesque circuit, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19-20, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 22, 2 and 7 …
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10/19/17
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I recently attended a breakfast meeting, and sat in a room full of successful business leaders along with a large number of attorneys. The subject was the business climate on Long Island, and somehow . . .
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9/28/17
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From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. But in order to appreciate these immigrants’ colorful, flavorful contributions to virtually every realm of American life, we must understand their centuries-long history . . .
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9/28/17
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You could say that Long Island’s housing crisis — and, yes, there is a housing crisis — is a product of its success. In 1948, when the Manhasset-based Levitt & Sons built 6,000 homes . . .
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7/13/17
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On a sun soaked summer solstice on June 21, about 200 local residents flocked to the Bay Park Civic Association Beach House in honor of Linda Pirrone, a longtime East Rockaway resident who was diagnosed with younger onset dementia seven years ago at age 50. There is no cure.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/5/17
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I’m addicted to watching shows like “House of Cards,” “Veep,” ”Homeland” and “Madame Secretary.” In some way, each episode depicts . . .
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6/16/17
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When Malverne resident Jimmy Pannullo isn’t busy running his construction business, E&F Contracting — a Franklin Square-based company — he is working to make a better life for sick children.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/18/17
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