Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has charged 17 people with stealing more than $250,000 worth of copper wire belonging to the Long Island Railroad and selling it to a scrap yard, she …
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By Aaron Axelson
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1/25/13
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When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it severely damaged a number of Town of Hempstead facilities in the Bellmore-Merrick area. Repair work is under way, but it could be some time before they are up and running again. Particularly hard hit were the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, the Sanitation Department and the Merrick Senior Center.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/12/12
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The New York State Police announced that all highways in Nassau and Suffolk counties are closed as of 8 p.m.
Due to the high probability of fallen trees and tree limbs blocking parkway lanes, …
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By Alex Costello
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10/29/12
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Hurricane Sandy has shut down the Long Island Rail Road.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/29/12
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Lions and tigers and bears — oh my! The forest was dense, and twigs scraped against our jeans as we hunted for the Wicked Witch of the West, using sticks as weapons. We wandered off from the …
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By Mary Malloy
mmalloy@liherald.com
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10/18/12
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When I was a boy, our family would gather around the television set and watch a fixed routine of shows such as Milton Berle, “The Twilight Zone” and “The Ed Sullivan Show.” One of our other favorites was “To Tell the Truth.”
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10/4/12
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I ran track as an eighth-grader at Grand Avenue Middle School in Bellmore in 2001. I wasn’t a star, but I stuck it out through the spring season and learned how to stay fit for life. I was 14 years old.
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By David Weingrad
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9/26/12
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I am 25 years old, and until recently, I had never dived into the water. Call me crazy, but the prospect of plunging headfirst into a deep pool of blue had always spurred a sense of anxiety in me. So I was more of a slowly-ease-yourself-into-the-water-stair-by-stair-while-wincing-and-complaining-about-how-cold-the-water-is kind of guy.
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By David Weingrad
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8/21/12
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Nassau County police are investigating a shooting on Aug. 10 in West Hempstead that left two men injured.
According to detectives, at 4:05 a.m., police officers responded to 119 Woodfield Road for …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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8/10/12
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Six children, all of whom suffer from cerebral palsy and cannot speak, were taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow on Friday after the bus they were traveling in collided with a car on Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick, just outside the Brookside School, according to fire officials.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/10/12
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