How many times do you recall a teacher calling to your attention the fact that history repeats itself?
Well, my old Chaminade history teacher, Mr. Fox, was right.
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10/27/11
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Occupy Wall Street, an ongoing series of demonstrations that began on Sept. 17, is based in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, and has grown to include nearly 1,000 protests in more than 80 countries, has a local following.
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By Jackie Nash
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10/15/11
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Wall Street has been occupied.
Thousands of Americans have built a small, self-sustaining shantytown in lower Manhattan where they eat, sleep and continue to protest wealth, corporate greed and Wall Street. Specifically, they have come together claiming that “1 percent of the population … has destroyed this nation and its values through their greed.”
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10/13/11
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Exhibits and more...Burton Silverman: The Humanist SpiritA exhibit showcasing the works of contemporary artist Burton Silverman, who demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in the …
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9/22/11
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Exhibits and more...
Burton Silverman: The Humanist SpiritA exhibit showcasing the works of contemporary artist Burton Silverman, who demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in …
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9/15/11
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The 25th annual Bellmore Family Street Festival will kick off with a carnival on Sept. 15 and run through Sept. 18. More than 120,000 people are expected to attend, making this mega-event one of the largest street festivals in Nassau County.
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9/12/11
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On Aug. 5, I traveled to ground zero in Lower Manhattan to photograph the epicenter of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, nearly 10 years later. As I scaled the subway steps leading to Vesey Street, on the north side of what had been the World Trade Center before September 11, 2001, I was uncertain what to expect when I reached the top of the staircase. The last time that I visited ground zero, in August 2006, I felt forlorn. It was a hauntingly empty place. What would I find this time?
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By Scott Brinton
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9/8/11
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The Long Island Power Authority’s chief operating officer, Michael Hervey, toured storm-ravaged parts of south Merrick with Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg on Wednesday to reassure frustrated homeowners that power would be restored to their homes.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/31/11
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For the protection of motorists, closure of all eastbound travel lanes on Front Street/NY Route 102 between William Street in Hempstead Village and NY Route 24/Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow in the Town of Hempstead, are now in effect and will continue each weekday night for approximately three weeks, weather permitting. Eastbound travel lanes are being closed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and no on-street parking is permitted. Violators will be towed. To minimize the impact on traffic, westbound travel lanes remain open to motorists.
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7/20/11
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The Landmark stage in Port Washington is the setting for Lucie's Arnaz's celebration of her famous father's legacy. Over at Jones Beach, find poetic inspiration among the piping plovers who nest there, also enjoy an art adventure with the at Nassau County Museum of Art's Family Sunday this weekend.
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6/15/11
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