A Long Beach man was arrested for DWI Thursday night after he lost control of his car and struck a tree on the Meadowbrook State Parkway.
On Sept. 29 at 6:00 p.m., state troopers responded to a …
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By Chris Engelhardt
cengelhardt@liherald.com
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9/30/11
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Changes in the testing schedule for the New York State Assessments, which was released later than in previous years, has made life more difficult for the Oceanside school district superintendant, as …
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Aaron Axelson
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9/21/11
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New York state English Language Arts and mathematics exams have grown increasingly more difficult, but students in the Bellmore and North Bellmore school districts continued to exceed the Nassau County average on the tests in nearly every grade this year.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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8/25/11
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In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore.
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By Ann E. Friedman and Scott Brinton
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8/16/11
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The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood watch for Long Beach this morning, which, by noon Sunday, was updated to a warning, with periods of heavy rain and a possible thunderstorm. This …
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Anthony Rifilato
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8/14/11
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My last two columns, “As promised: keeping tabs” (June 30 – July 6) and “Is the bloom off the rose?” (July 21-27) provided information to evaluate the session-ending accomplishments of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Two fundamental questions were raised. Has there been a real transformation in addressing the way the “people’s business” is being managed in Albany? Do our political leaders really understand that the state of New York is still headed down a path of fiscal instability and requires levels of real reform hardly evident to date?
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Hal Peterson
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8/3/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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In 2004, the Brennan Center for Justice and New York University’s School of Law released a report describing the New York Legislature as “the most dysfunctional state [government] in the nation.” It was an excellent critique and its findings were well founded.
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By Hal Peterson
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7/26/11
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Nearly 300 veterans convened at the Knights of Columbus Council in Seaford for a pancake breakfast hosted by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. on July 9.
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7/18/11
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to the home of a Lynbrook family to sign New York’s first property tax cap on June 30 — six days after the State Senate approved the legislation that proponents say will usher in a new era of fiscal responsibility. Cuomo was joined by local officials, including Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican from Rockville Centre, Assemblyman Brian Curran and Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
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Judy Rattner
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7/6/11
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