A Queens resident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin Square, acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced yesterday. …
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11/24/15
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First weeks of school, 2015: Little legs trundle down the block, wobbling under the weight of outsized backpacks. Older children meander toward the bus stop . . .
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10/1/15
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The Long Beach Jazz Festival, which runs Sept. 17-20, has now evolved into an institution, eagerly awaited by not only local residents, but by fans from throughout the South Shore and beyond.
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By Karen Bloom
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9/2/15
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New York City police are investigating the death of an Elmont man, Garth Jackson, 50, who was a passenger in a car that was struck by another vehicle, an SUV, on Sunday night at 119th Avenue and …
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7/23/15
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Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted a Queens man of all charges stemming from a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin …
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7/16/15
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On July 10, South Carolina finally decided to join the Union for good when it removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds in Columbia, its capital.
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7/15/15
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What’s the biggest concern on Long Island today? Sure, property taxes and quality education are always on everyone’s mind, but right now the heroin epidemic that is threatening members of our community . . .
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5/7/15
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A Queens man was arrested in Franklin Square on March 25 for selling heroin to an undercover detective while his 18-month-old daughter was in the back seat. Reese R. Russell, 25, of Queens sold a …
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4/1/15
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One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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Rick Whelan, chief of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, took a brief breather after the news conference. Only minutes earlier, he had stood beside D.A. Kathleen Rice and County Executive Ed Mangano to announce that a team of federal and local...
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By Scott Brinton
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12/22/14
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