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State audits NuHealth's profit-sharing plan

In an audit released last week, the state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office wrote positively of NuHealth’s Faculty Practice Plan (FPP), but also recommended changes. … more

Mike Caputo | 8/19/10

State raises standards, but who’s going to pay?

In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades. more

8/12/10

Crews worked on the Newbridge Road reconfiguration project on Tuesday afternoon, near the intersection of Seventh Street.

Newbridge Road project begins, could be done by Friday

Work has begun on Newbridge Road, and it could be completed before you read this story. more

Mike Caputo | 8/11/10

New York state bans drop-side cribs after infant deaths

State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. announced last Friday that legislation banning dangerous drop-side cribs in New York state has been signed by Gov. David Paterson. more

David Weingrad | 8/3/10

The Merrick Madness, pictured here after winning the Long Island softball championship in the 12-year-old division last week, has won the New York State Softball Championship.

Merrick Madness wins state softball championship

Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 11:29 p.m. Merrick’s 12-year-old Williamsport softball team, a.k.a. the "Merrick Madness," has won the New York State Softball Championship, defeating Garden City South 13-6 in Canastota, N.Y. on July 28, according to Bill Haddad, president of the Canastota Little League. more

David Weingrad | 7/28/10

The state Department of Transportation plans to make changes to Newbridge Road that are aimed at curtailing speeding.

A ‘road diet’ for Newbridge Road in East Meadow

Newbridge Road is set to undergo a facelift in August. On July 23, the state Department of Transportation confirmed its plans to implement “traffic-calming measures” on … more

Mike Caputo | 7/28/10

Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, with his daughter Michaela, proposed a 2 percent property-tax cap during a news conference at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on Tuesday.

At N. Merrick senior center, Cuomo calls for tax cap

New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, stopped off at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on July 27 with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, to tout a statewide property-tax cap. more

Sari Zeidler | 7/27/10

Police: Man drove drunk, wrong way on Meadowbrook exit ramp

A Kings Park man was arrested for DWI on July 10 after he went the wrong way and crashed on a Meadowbrook Parkway exit ramp in East Meadow, state police reported last week. … more

7/22/10

Lawmakers and police host a drug disposal program on July 31.

Are you looking to shed your meds?

Senator Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) and Assemblyman Tom McKevitt (R-East Meadow) are partnering with the Nassau County Police Department to help residents safely dispose of … more

7/21/10

Bill Schoolman, owner of Hampton Luxury Liners, talked to East Meadow Chamber of Commerce members about his lawsuit against the state for the MTA payroll tax it imposed on businesses last year.

East Meadow Chamber joins fight against MTA payroll tax

Some local business owners are drawing the line. The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, known as the MTA payroll tax, has become a bone of contention among business … more

Mike Caputo | 7/21/10

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