North Shore Animal League America, in conjunction with the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, has announced an Emergency Foster Care Referral Program for pets who have fallen victim to …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/16/13
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Q - Both my residential and commercial property is on the South Shore and the neighborhood suffered Superstorm damage. Although my property was not physically damaged there are still …
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by Richard G. Fromewick
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1/11/13
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As expected, New Yorkers rang in 2013 with style, only to have Congress deliver a one-two sucker punch and kick them while they were down.
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1/10/13
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At 6 p.m. last Sunday, I tore off two layers of plastic sheeting covering the double doors that separate my upstairs living room from my ground-level family room, which are connected by a simple pine staircase. It was a triumphal moment.
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1/10/13
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Members of the chorus and RAK Pack at Bellmore’s Shore Road School recently hosted a school-supply drive to help replenish what was lost during Hurricane Sandy. The students organized the drive with help from their faculty advisers, Christine Davison and Laura Laude, and sent the supplies to the Long Beach Public Schools.
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1/8/13
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If there had been only a presidential election, and no other major news events, in 2012, it still would’ve been a year to remember.
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1/3/13
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A new coalition of leaders in the New York State Senate is making its resolutions for change in the new year.
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By Alex Camarda
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1/3/13
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Unless I hear some credible dissenting voices, I’m going to vote for 2012 as one of the worst years in recent history.
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1/3/13
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Many, realizing that water had consumed their community, immediately turned around and returned to their houses. Others, however, tried against all odds to make it to higher ground, only to find that there was none to be found.
Bellmore Fire Department boat crews were out in the storm, slowly, carefully motoring down Bellmore streets as if they were canals. Vincent Montera, captain of Engine Company 2, said his boat crew had gotten no more than 200 feet after launching from South St. Mark’s Street when the terrified residents of one home jumped into the boat.
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By Julie Mansmann and Scott Brinton, jmansmann@liherald.com or sbrinton@liherald.com
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12/26/12
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Asked what makes Island Harvest so successful, its president and CEO, Randi Shubin Dresner, answered with a single word: “Passion.”
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By David Weingrad
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12/22/12
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