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A learning-disabled Lakeview teenager charged with a hate crime late last year is fighting his way through the court system, starting with replacing his own lawyer.
Distrust is at the heart of …
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By Lee Landor
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5/18/11
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Although heavy rains kept many people indoors Tuesday morning, enough headed to the polls in West Hemsptead to vote on the school budget. Taxpayers passed the budget 1,071-893.
Board of …
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5/17/11
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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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A week before the May 17 budget vote, the West Hempstead school board settled the long-stalled teachers' contract and renewed schools Superintendent John Hogan's contract for three years. While …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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5/13/11
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To the Editor:
Residents should be properly informed prior to the May 17 school budget vote, but school officials have been keeping them in the dark. School district newsletters contain no …
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5/11/11
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To the Editor:
As Tuesday’s West Hempstead school budget vote approaches, we are once again presented with a $54,397,183 budget ($1.5 million higher than last year) and asked to support …
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5/11/11
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The West Hempstead Lions Club put on its own rendition of the play “Nunsense” at West Hempstead High School on May 7.
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5/11/11
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In the course of a decade, the Lakeview Public Library has grown into much more than just a place to borrow books: It has become a community center of sorts, where children come after school for …
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By Lee Landor
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5/11/11
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Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students from Professor Scott Brinton’s Current Issues in Science Reporting class recently participated in and are reporting on an Envirothon that took place in the woodlands around the Meadowbrook Parkway in North Merrick, Roosevelt and Freeport on April 30. Brinton, of Merrick, is a senior editor and op-ed columnist with Herald Community Newspapers. The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce, headed by county Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, organized the event.
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5/11/11
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Second of two parts.
Last time I introduced the ups and downs in the teacher job market. Not long ago, I warned that a dangerous teacher shortage was on the horizon; now, we’re talking about cutbacks, layoffs, and the difficulty of getting a teaching job. What’s the story?
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By Steve Kussin
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5/6/11
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