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Over the past few years, New York state lawmakers have targeted bullying in schools with legislation designed to allow students to feel safe in a place where they should feel safe.
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10/6/11
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Halfway through his first term as county executive, Ed Mangano is proposing yet another budget that takes a hatchet to spending.
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9/29/11
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Call it the planet’s dirty secret: We’re running out of topsoil. The ground beneath our feet may not have the appeal of the sky above our heads, and there may not be a ready-made vocabulary of terms like “greenhouse gases” or “global warming” to spur a dialogue about earthy matters, but the inconvenient truth remains: Soils are eroding faster than they can reform.
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9/22/11
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In days past, parents used to be able to send their children off to school without a second thought about whether they would return safely. And while children are still in good hands during class …
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9/16/11
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Emergency responders and public officials deserve credit for getting way out in front of last month’s devastating hurricane.
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9/9/11
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It is difficult to believe that 10 years have come and gone since Al Qaeda terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, a third into a field in Pennsylvania and a fourth …
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9/9/11
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Back in July, we praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for completing so much important work in the last legislative session. In a …
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9/1/11
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Throughout July and August, the Herald has reported on the importance of Long Island’s waterways in its eight-part series, “There’s something in the water.” We took on this …
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8/25/11
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Long Island is due for at least an indirect hit by a hurricane, and the prime time for one is just a few weeks away.
The Island feels the effects of a major ocean-borne storm nearly every three …
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8/18/11
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Development at Nassau County’s Hub is back to square one after voters resoundingly said “no” last week to public funding for a new arena and a minor league ballpark.
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8/10/11
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