I have to hand it to the coal industry.
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10/24/12
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There is a grassy plot of land that easily goes unnoticed. It’s home to endangered plants and rapidly vanishing birds, butterflies and insects. This space is the Hempstead Plains and sits just …
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/30/12
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Lately I’ve begun to think of Long Island as neither a region of New York state nor a semi-cohesive bedroom community that owes its existence to the mother ship, Manhattan. Rather, I’ve begun to think of Long Island as an ecosystem.
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8/2/12
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European …
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6/27/12
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After the seven killings at a California college, after the heavy sadness of the Trayvon Martin shooting, after the fierce tornadoes in Dallas and the rising body count in Syria, I’d had enough.
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4/12/12
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Nassau County Legislators Denise Ford, Howard Kopel and Dennis Dunne, all Republicans, have proposed a measure that would ban the processing of hydraulic fracturing, or “hydrofracking,” waste at county sewage-treatment plants.
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3/29/12
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Check out some of the seals who make their winter home in Long Island waters with New Year's Day stroll along the Jones Beach shoreline.
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12/28/11
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Burton Silverman: The Humanist SpiritAn exhibit showcasing the works of contemporary artist Burton Silverman, who demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in …
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12/14/11
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Exhibits and more...
“Air, Fire, Water, “Earth”An exhibit in which the four elements are used as a metaphor for the world we live in. Works of Ron Erlich, Richard Sigmund, Linda …
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11/23/11
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The story was told in a small photograph of Casey Anthony on the bottom of the front page of The New York Times last week. Gone was the demure young defendant with hair pulled back in a ponytail. Suddenly, the day after her acquittal on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, she was revealed, long hair slung seductively over one shoulder, a creepy smile on her face.
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7/14/11
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