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County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, said she’s not giving up on a proposed bill that would impose a 5 cent fee for each bag given out at supermarkets and shops. “It’s …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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12/13/18
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Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney who arranged six-figure payments to a porn star and a Playboy model to buy their silence about affairs with Trump, is going to prison.
U.S. …
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/12/18
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Ex-Baldwin Fire Department Chief Keith Eckels defeated incumbent fire commissioner Paul Yanantuono in Tuesday’s election. Eckels earned 326 vote to Yanantuono’s 281.
“Thank you to everyone …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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12/12/18
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The state’s Appellate Division removed a Nassau County Family Court judge from a case for taking an adversarial stance toward a Baldwin defendant who he tossed in jail. A four-judge panel said the …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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11/29/18
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Nov. 13 signed a bill into law that requires the county to study to evaluate all open spaces it owns to determine which should be open to everyone and which …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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11/21/18
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The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1.
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/10/18
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Democrat Judy Griffin defeated incumbent Brian Curran in the 21st Assembly District in Tuesday’s election. Griffin, a Rockville Centre community activist and a former director of community outreach …
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11/7/18
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Herald Community Newspapers editors and reporters have spent the past two months reporting on Election 2018, and on Tuesday, November 6th, it will all boil down to a single factor: your vote.
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11/3/18
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The Herald endorses Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Valley Stream, for the 22nd Assembly District seat.
Solages was first elected to the office in 2012, when the district was formed from parts …
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11/1/18
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In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating.
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11/1/18
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