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A special election in a congressional district in Florida shouldn’t concern New Yorkers. However, the election to fill the seat made vacant by the death of 40-year Republican Congressman Bill Young . . .
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3/20/14
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Valley Stream school officials made their case for more state aid, an end to unfunded mandates and a slow down of the Common Core curriculum roll-out during the annual Legislative Breakfast last Saturday morning at Memorial Junior High School.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/19/14
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The relationship between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, continues to be shaky as they go head to head over education.
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3/13/14
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Bill Wood, of Orange Street in Bellmore, lives just feet from the Farmers Avenue entrance to the Faith Laursen Preserve, which sits on 25 acres between Bellmore and Merrick. Bill’s wife, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/21/14
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The Working Families Party is working overtime to bring “socialized medicine” to New York, arguing that we need a single-payer insurance system in which the government pays medical claims through “progressive taxes.”
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2/20/14
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We Americans are pretty lucky people. Whether you live in Bellmore, Brooklyn or Boston, you enjoy many rights and privileges that few other people on this planet can boast about.
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2/14/14
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Few Long Islanders will argue that this has been a rough winter. After a few dustings of snow in December, several major storms have pounded the region since the calendar rolled over to 2014, and that has had an impact on local schools and municipalities.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/12/14
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This year’s budget talks have a much different feel than last year’s for the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education. There are no proposed layoffs, no student transportation debate and no athletic teams on the chopping block. In fact, the board is considering adding some items back.
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By Brian Croce
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2/10/14
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is right: All kids deserve to attend pre-kindergarten.
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1/31/14
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As school budget season begins, the Valley Stream Central High School District finds itself in a unique position. According to administrators, the district’s maximum allowable tax increase — the amount by which it can increase revenue through property taxes — may be a negative number.
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By Brian Croce
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1/22/14
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