No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . .
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4/10/14
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On March 18, many Long Island villages conducted local elections to fill the positions of mayor, trustee and other municipal posts. Democracy prevailed, even on the smallest scale.
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4/3/14
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At Memorial Junior High School, it’s important to get good grades but it’s also important to be a good person. Teachers and administrators want students to be of the highest character, often a tough goal to accomplish in a building with more than 1,000 teenagers.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/5/14
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Negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road unions to avoid a labor strike later this month ended early on Feb. 27 with no resolution, but with new …
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By Emily Webb
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3/4/14
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New York state is considering an initiative at 10 of its state prisons to give prisoners a college education. The program would bring college professors into the prisons . . .
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2/27/14
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After a dozen members of Congress from New York urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reconsider its contractual demands for a three-year wage freeze on Long Island Rail Road workers, …
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By Emily Webb
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2/25/14
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A dozen members of Congress from New York, three from Long Island, have urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reconsider its contractual demands for a three-year wage freeze or …
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By Emily Webb
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2/19/14
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Once again, the Town of Hempstead has declared a snow emergency, as yet another major winter storm pummeled the area Thursday morning.
More than 200 pieces of plowing and salting have been …
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/13/14
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Nassau County’s snow plows, salters and sanders were out in force Thursday morning, a county spokesman said, as these vehicles’ operators worked to clear the roadways while thick, wet snowflakes fell rapidly.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/14
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Long Beach Medical Center is expected to file for bankruptcy this month, a move that could pave the way for a 24-hour emergency department after a takeover of the facility by South Nassau …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/12/14
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