Q. I’m so confused. I keep seeing programs on TV where it looks much simpler and the cost is so much lower than I’m getting estimates for. I also notice that there are no building inspectors, architects or permits. Why is this?
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Q. We have a problem we’re trying to resolve with the height and shape of our roof. We hired an architect after we hired a designer. The architect insists he will not draw our plans so we can have a tall attic.
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Q. I wonder why I can’t seem to get a fire to burn properly in my chimney. All I get is smoke in the room. I’ve had the flue checked and know that the damper is working correctly . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters.
Instead, …
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By James Bernstein
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1/14/21
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Wednesday marked the 108th anniversary of Chestnut Street School in West Hempstead. This year, its anniversary will consist of a modest, yet meaningful Meneely Bell Tolling on Friday at the 2:45 p.m. …
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1/14/21
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Karen Brohm, president of the West Hempstead School District Board of Education, was among the guest speakers on a podcast last month presented by Learning Revolution, a worldwide community exploring …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/14/21
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Maurice W. Downing Primary School’s first-grade students in Kim Piccola, Katie Smyth, and Amanda Correia and Jennifer Eisenberg’s class wrote festive letters to their pen pals in the …
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1/14/21
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Voters in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties recently casted votes to elect or re-elect water commissioners in all Long Island commissioner-run water districts. Cathedral Gardens Water District …
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1/14/21
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Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, will bring much-needed change in our country. President-elect Joe Biden has made controlling the coronavirus pandemic a priority, and for the first time, the incoming administration . . .
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By Martine Hackett
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1/14/21
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I spent last Wednesday afternoon scurrying up and down the stairs at home, rushing between my desk upstairs and the TV downstairs. I flipped between CNN, MSNBC and Fox, my pulse, as measured by my watch, racing faster as the afternoon went on.
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1/14/21
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