Anyone walking into the kindergarten wing at the Robert W. Carbonaro School last Friday afternoon was greeted by the smell of sugar and spice.
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12/19/12
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For the third time since the project was approved in 2005, developer of the Dutchgate senior housing complex in North Valley Stream, on the border with Elmont, has asked the Town of Hempstead to lower the minimum age to 55. This time, however, there was a new twist — the developer wanted to be able to rent unsold units.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/19/12
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The Valley Stream Historical Society hosted its annual Gingerbread House Contest on Dec. 3 at the Pagan-Fletcher Restoration. Guests were invited to come in and judge their favorite edible creations.
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12/12/12
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The year is quickly coming to an end, and if you believe the hype, lawmakers appear to be nowhere close to making any breakthroughs and solving the fiscal crisis.
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12/6/12
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A fire at a Cedar Street home in July left two families homeless, but according to village officials, one of those families should not have been living there. The property owner was cited for renting out an illegal apartment in the basement.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/21/12
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Weary homeowners battered by Hurricane Sandy began to trickle into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mobile Disaster Recovery Center at Nassau Community College’s Student Union, a red-brick building on the west side of the campus, when it opened last Friday. The center was set up to help homeowners who suffered losses in the massive storm to file for grants that will enable them to rebuild.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/5/12
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Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform commenced hearings to examine what went wrong when the American ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three others were killed in Benghazi last month.
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10/18/12
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There are advantages and disadvantages to being a senior citizen.
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10/18/12
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Nassau County has one of the nation’s highest rates of breast cancer, and more than 1,200 women in the county were diagnosed with the disease from 2004 to 2008, according to the State Department of Health’s New York State Cancer Registry.
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10/11/12
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Many state and federal seats are up for grabs this year, and the decisions we make in the voting booth will have the potential to dramatically impact our lives.
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10/4/12
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