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Residents of the 8th State Senate District, which stretches along the South Shore from Baldwin to Lindenhurst, do not now have a representative in the New York State Legislature’s upper chamber. This troubles some as Albany legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo negotiate this month over how the state will allocate its more than $100 billion budget.
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By Brian Racow
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3/5/14
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The Cubs’ Cave (a.k.a. the back cafeteria) at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick was loud and messy last Friday –– but it was all for a good cause.
With assembly-line efficiency, Levy-Lakeside sixth-graders made more than 2,000 sandwiches for the homeless on Jan. 31. The donation, neatly packaged in big cardboard boxes, was shipped to the River Fund Shelter in Richmond Hill, Queens, said Sue Molloy, the sixth-grade teacher who annually organizes the sandwich-making exercise.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/14
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The 25-acre Faith Laursen Meroke Preserve, on the Bellmore-Merrick border, is a forest much like most of Long Island used to be. The Meroke Indians camped by its five streams, and Colonists used its tall cedars for ship masts. Legend says during the Revolutionary War British soldiers hid there from marauding Colonials. (Most of the Bellmore-Merrick area farmers were British sympathizers.)
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By Linda Laursen Toscano
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1/31/14
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Schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm moving through the area. The Merrick, North Merrick and North Bellmore school districts will also be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22.
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By Brian Racow
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1/21/14
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In an era when too many politicians seem to be focused primarily on staying in office, U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has announced that she will be stepping down, and State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. has already done so.
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1/16/14
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray declared a snow emergency on Thursday evening, and road crews have been out ever since clearing up to eight inches of snow that fell overnight.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/3/14
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New York State Assemblyman David McDonough recently visited Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick and presented the student council with an Assembly Citation for participation in his Coats for Kids campaign.
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12/12/13
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For many Americans, it is hard to imagine that there are inhabited places around the globe, including tens of thousands of villages in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where there is no clean water to drink.
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By Brian Racow
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11/29/13
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County Executive Ed Mangano’s victory over Tom Suozzi was not a surprise, say some local political experts, but the decisiveness of his win was. Mangano, who upset then two-term incumbent Suozzi four years ago in a race decided by fewer than 400 votes, this year won by more than 48,000 votes.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/12/13
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A group of children recently came across hypodermic needles on the ground in back of Levy-Lakeside School, according to Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma.
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By Brian Racow
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10/11/13
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