The Republican-controlled Hempstead Town Board on Nov. 27 voted 6-1, with Democratic Supervisor Laura Gillen dissenting, to hire the town’s Republican former comptroller to privately advise board members on budgets and financial issues.
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By Erik Hawkins
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12/6/18
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During Tony Santino’s final meeting as Town of Hempstead supervisor in December, he couldn’t have looked more bored . . .
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5/3/18
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The Town of Hempstead is seeking to amend its zoning ordiance to protect large tracts of open land after the Woodmere Club was sold to two developers last year, causing an uproar among neighbors who said they worried what will become of the property.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/2/18
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Days before holding her first town board meeting as Town of Hempstead Supervisor, Laura Gillen announced that she had appointed Republican Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman as deputy town supervisor.
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By Erik Hawkins
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1/8/18
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This week, Nassau welcomed two new — and increasingly familiar — faces to county government: Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who was inaugurated as Long Island’s first female county executive; and Jack Schnirman, of Long Beach . . .
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1/4/18
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To say that Nassau County experienced a seismic shift in its often conservative political landscape on Nov. 7 would be an understatement.
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11/16/17
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My political career started in the early 1960s, when I was a young reporter and then a speechwriter for political candidates. My hometown of Long Beach was one of only two Democratic areas . . .
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9/7/17
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To the Editor:
A number of Five Towns residents are against residential development of the Woodmere Club, including politicians such as Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman and County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence). Allow me to suggest a win-win solution for the issue.
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5/15/17
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I read your story (Feb. 16-21) about the Woodmere Club, “Losing a member of the extended family.”
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3/3/17
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Developers seeking to build 12 condominiums on two parcels of Hempstead Ave. property totaling 1.2 acres and just outside the Malverne village border, appealed to the Town of Hempstead last week for …
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/10/16
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