West Hempstead’s history as a horse town added another page to its annals earlier this month when executive management of the New York Equestrian Center announced it was for sale.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/23/17
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I don’t usually quote the Bible in my column, but the future of Belmont Park brings to mind the words of Ecclesiastes 3 (King James version).
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8/17/17
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Fifty fire departments and more than 1,000 volunteer firefighters throughout New York state are expected to compete in the annual New York State Championship Drill, which is being hosted by the West Hempstead and Hempstead Fire Departments and will take place Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Chief Brian Fahey Training Facility on Weir Street in Hempstead.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/17/17
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Your future-- or even just the future in general-- can be a scary subject to think about. Your financial future can seem like a nightmare, especially if you are just getting out of college or are at …
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By John Fennell,
First Senior Vice President, Director of Retail Banking
New York Community Bank
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8/10/17
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New York State Troopers closed the Southern State Parkway’s westbound entrance at Exit 17 on July 26 after bags containing a "foul smell" were discovered by Department of Transportation workers. …
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/27/17
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On June 16, the New York State Board of Regents issued a dryly worded “Notice to Teachers” regarding this year’s geometry Regents exam. It read . . .
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7/27/17
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You would think that holding a convention to review and rewrite the New York State Constitution would be a no-brainer. After all, we’re Americans. We held a constitutional convention to lay down the framework for our very country. In New York, however . . .
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7/20/17
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The New York State Parks Department hosted an environmental review hearing for a proposed $35 million project to rejuvenate Hempstead Lake State Park last week at Hempstead Town Hall, but residents and businesses expressed concerns.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/13/17
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The New York Real Estate Journal, a trade magazine, reported last week that NYCOM Cellular Corp, a Verizon retailer, signed a 10-year lease with a five-year option for 1,339 square feet of space in Nassau Plaza. The property sits at the corner of Hempstead Turnpike and Nassau Boulevard.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/13/17
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Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/30/17
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