Some 270 volunteers grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat last Saturday to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to clean up more than 18 tons of rubber tires, Styrofoam buoys, aluminum cans and plastic bottles trapped amid the reeds and rushes.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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3/28/12
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For nearly 50 years, New Park Haircutters has been a fixture in Rockville Centre — an upscale barber shop with a personal touch.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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3/22/12
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Mary Bellissimo-DeGregorio of North Bellmore grew up in Seaford, not far from Nassau County’s Tackapausha Museum and Preserve on Washington Avenue. The mother of a 24-year-old and a 6-year-old said that admission to the museum cost 25 cents when she was a child.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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2/17/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot …
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By Brian Croce
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1/18/12
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Herald Holiday Houses
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Houses from all around our coverages areas decorated for the holidays. Is your house in the video? Check it out.
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Christina Daly
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12/22/11
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The Thanksgiving tradition began in 2007 and has continued annually for the past four years –– Merrick’s very own Turkey Bowl –– a game of touch football played between neighborhood kids, with their fathers joining in the fun. This year, more than 30 boys took part in the game, played at the Town of Hempstead’s John Street Park.
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11/28/11
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Exhibits and more...
“Air, Fire, Water, “Earth”An exhibit in which the four elements are used as a metaphor for the world we live in. Works of Ron Erlich, Richard Sigmund, Linda …
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11/16/11
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Without question, the single greatest danger to President Obama’s re-election is the economy, and the approximately 15 million people out of work.
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11/10/11
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You can still catch "Mame" on Fri., Nov. 18 and Sat. Nov. 19, 8 p.m. and Sun. Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Lincoln Orens School, at Trafalgar Blvd, Island Park. For tickets and more information, …
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By Mary Malloy
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11/2/11
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Nearly 400 people came to Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore on Oct. 23 to take part in the fifth annual Alex’s Run for a Reason Family Run/Walk.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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10/28/11
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