With budget cuts and a possible reduction of county services becoming closer to reality for Nassau County residents, there was a palpable feeling of nervousness at the Jan. 5 East End Civic …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/13/16
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The Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation has decided, “after exhaustive study,” that Belmont Park is the best place to install 1,000 video lottery terminals. Since that announcement . . .
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1/8/16
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Nassau County Off-Track Betting announced last week its intention to house a 100,000-square-foot video lottery terminal facility on the western portion of the grandstand at the 430-acre Belmont …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/29/15
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Rockaway Turnpike from Peninsula Boulevard to East Avenue is being repaved as part of Nassau County’s “Operation Restore Our Roadways” capital works project.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/9/15
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In May, President Obama signed an executive order to demilitarize the police, banning the Pentagon from issuing surplus military hardware — including rifles, grenade launchers and armored vehicles — to police departments nationwide. His decision was a response to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a police officer the previous August.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/9/15
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With the swing of a sledgehammer into one of the walls of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the renovation of the 43-year-old arena officially began on Nov. 5. Nassau County Executive Ed …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/11/15
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The words pride, democracy and sacrifice were used by more than speaker at the Veterans Day ceremony held in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park and hosted by Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 on Nov. 11.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/11/15
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Car break-ins, a quality-of-life issue that has vexed Five Towns residents over the past couple of years, are getting special attention from the Nassau County Police Department, according to Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter.
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By Vanessa Parker
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11/11/15
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Village of Cedarhurst officials said that a letter that was distributed throughout parts of Nassau County and left in mailboxes threatening people with arrest if they are outside when mosquito spraying is being done is a hoax.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/4/15
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Twice as many children are killed in pedestrian/vehicle incidents on Halloween between 4 to 10 p.m., compared to the same hours on other days throughout the years, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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10/21/15
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