On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year.
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4/30/10
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Richard Lawrence of Merrick, a former Nassau County Family Court judge, longtime legal counsel to a state senator, and well-respected, well-loved community activist, died suddenly on April 21 of complications from a bone-marrow transplant. He was 66.
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Scott Brinton
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4/28/10
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Colorful tulips attract thousands each year to Hofstra University for one of Long Island’s enduring traditions, the Hofstra University Dutch Festival.
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Karen Bloom
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4/28/10
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The Island Park school board unanimously approved its proposed $32.5 million budget — a $1.29 million increase over the current spending plan — on April 20. The proposal preserves programs and …
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Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello
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4/28/10
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The Oceanside Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget last week, finalizing a proposal that residents will vote on on May 18.
Although residents face an increase in school taxes …
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Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello
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4/28/10
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Oceanside High School senior Chris Williams remembers when he realized the importance of being environmentally friendly. It was during his sophomore year, during World Outreach Week, when he learned …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/28/10
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The race for a seat on the Board of Education in Island Park kicked off last week, with two challengers running for current trustee Barbara Speight's seat, a five-year member of the board who is …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/28/10
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The Valley Stream Central/Memorial PTSA will hold its annual Scholarship Dinner Dance and Fashion Show. on Thursday, May 6. It will take place at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave. in Baldwin, from 7 to 11 p.m.
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4/27/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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“I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe.”
— R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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