The Madison Square Garden Company was one four respondents to County Executive Ed Mangano’s Request-for-Proposals last March to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. The group, led by president and CEO Hank Ratner, is proposing to renovate the 41-year-old building and build an entertainment district called “Long Island Live!” that would lie adjacent to the arena.
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By David Weingrad
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6/5/13
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A presentation on May 2 represented the next step in — and a new hope for — the future development of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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5/23/13
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has appointed seven people to a committee that will oversee the Nassau County Correctional Center. Of the seven, three are East Meadow residents.
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By David Weingrad
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5/22/13
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A lot of buzz has surrounded the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum since May 2, when four companies presented their plans during a press conference in Mineola to revamp the 41-year-old Uniondale complex.
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By David Weingrad
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5/15/13
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Two more “stranger” incidents have been reported in the Merrick-Bellmore area, one involving members of the Calhoun High School boys’ track team on Thursday afternoon and another involving teenagers walking home from school on Friday afternoon.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/10/13
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Nassau County will use funds from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to help prevent a property-tax hike that a number of county residents would have faced because of Hurricane Sandy, according to New York state’s grant proposal and state and county spokespeople.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/10/13
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Let’s face it: The golden years of the Nassau Coliseum have come and gone.
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5/9/13
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One of Long Island’s oldest structures that has always deserved attention and gotten little respect is the Nassau Coliseum.
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5/9/13
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Prior to the excitement of last Sunday’s Long Island Marathon, there was complete silence for 26 seconds — one second for each mile in a marathon. The moment of silence was held to commemorate the victims of the bombings during the Boston Marathon on April 15.
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By David Weingrad
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5/9/13
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More than 8,000 runners participated in this year’s Long Island Marathon, which winded through central and northern Nassau County streets, before concluding in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
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By David Weingrad
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5/9/13
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