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Peter Schmitt, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, got off on the wrong foot this year when he announced a 47 percent pay increase for himself and similar raises for the two other top members of the Legislature.
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Al D'Amato
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2/4/10
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While the Town of Hempstead's Board of Zoning Appeals reviews an application requesting that the Lakewood Stables in West Hempstead be transformed into a state-of-the-art equestrian center, …
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Dana Williams
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2/4/10
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Heroin had coursed through Joe's veins for more than 12 months when he arrived at the St. John's University training camp as a freshman attacker on the powerhouse Red Storm lacrosse team.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/3/10
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Malverne's celebrity groundhog, Malverne Mel, met with some playful jeering Tuesday morning after predicting six more weeks of winter, but it seemed few in the crowd of about 200 held the …
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Lee Landor
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2/2/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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Following four days of intense criticism after the Republicans' passage of a significant pay raise for three lead county legislators, Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt said he would call for a bill that would rescind the stipend increases.
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Mike Caputo
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1/27/10
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Opera singer Andrea Arias-Martin felt that she has to do something when she heard about the devastation in Haiti. “The best I could do is what I do every day,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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"This isn’t cocaine. This isn’t a Saturday-Sunday drug. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bill Flanagan, the Nassau County Police Department’s second deputy commissioner, told the assembly of 20 elected leaders, law enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at Levittown Public Library on Thursday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/21/10
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If the Town of Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals grants Lakewood Stables in West Hempstead the permits and variances it needs to begin a rehabilitation project, residents will soon see a new state-of-the-art equestrian center built on the property.
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Dana Williams
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1/20/10
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Last Friday, I saw the flashing lights of a police car shining into our living room window. I looked out and saw a police officer and two other men who had gotten out of their cars, all trying to entice a large and frightened dog. I suspect they were trying to read his collar, which told us that he belonged to someone and could be far away from home.
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Mike Malloy
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1/20/10
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