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Education Law

Q: We planned on buying a home in a particular school district, but the sale fell through and we are still in our old home. Our children have already started school in … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 11/11/13

Reassessing the county executive

This time last year, the Herald evaluated Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s midterm progress. We graded him on how well he had followed through with his campaign promises and how effectively he had dealt with the major issues facing the county. more

9/13/12

The setting of a date for a referendum on Sani2’s future was postponed last week. No new date has been announced.

After series of suits, Sani2 is left in limbo

A flurry of lawsuits and appeals last week left a referendum on the dissolution of Sanitary District 2 in limbo. more

By Chris Connolly | 9/5/12

This chart, provided by the Residents for Efficient Special Districts, shows what the group estimates residents would save by dissolving Sanitary District 2. Sani2 officials say that any savings would be minimal and would be offset by service downgrades. They also say that dissolving Sani2 would put the district’s many employees out of work.

What’s behind the drive to dissolve Sani2?

After months spent canvassing, a group called Residents for Efficient Special Districts, or RESD, finally delivered the 5,000 signatures it needed to force a referendum on the dissolution of Sanitary District 2. The submission of the petitions at the Nassau County clerk’s office on July 23 caused quite a splash, with a procession of activists bearing stacks of signed documents into the building after making impassioned speeches outside. more

By Chris Connolly | 8/1/12

Wilhelmina Funderburke, at lectern, and the Residents for Efficient Special Districts delivered a petition with 5,000 signatures to the Hempstead Town Clerk on July 23.

Residents for Efficient Special Districts collect 5,000 signatures

In the same week that Baldwin residents were set to vote in a Sanitary District 2 commissioner’s election, a large contingent of residents filed a petition to dissolve the sanitary district entirely. The group, Residents for Efficient Special Districts, which is affiliated with the Long Island Progressive Coalition, secured the 5,000 signatures it needed to compel a referendum on the dissolution of Sani2 and delivered the petition to the Nassau County clerk’s office on Monday. more

By Chris Connolly | 7/25/12

Life Lessons, From Grandma

Those places are freakin’ depressing. Nursing homes, assisted living residences, hospitals, rehab facilities… They really are freakin’ depressing. more

By Mitchell Hart Cooper | 4/12/11

Prosecutors alleged that Susan Williams met with a hit man on March 3 in Eisenhower Park.

Susan Williams receives maximum sentence

Susan Williams will spend the next 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison after Nassau County Judge Norman St. George sentenced her on Dec. 17 at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola. more

Tom Steinert | 12/21/10

Oceanside's Sanitation District 7 is a main target of the group, which wants to know what taxpayer money is being spent on within the district.

Good-government group wants to take out the trash

Most Long Islanders know — thanks to pocket-draining experience — that living here carries a hefty price tag. What many don't seem to know is that they can change that. How? One way is … more

Lee Landor | 9/22/10

A Baldwin resident was struck and killed crossing Sunrise Highway on March 17.

Baldwin resident struck, killed on Sunrise Hwy.

A Baldwin resident was struck and killed crossing Sunrise Highway last night, Nassau First Squad detectives reported. Two residents were also hit and are in stable condition. According to … more

Mike Russo | 3/18/10

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