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The Herald sat down with the three candidates running in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District general election against Carolyn McCarthy. Here is some of what they had to say.
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Lee Landor
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9/8/10
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The race between three Republicans vying to be chosen as the challenger to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) for the 4th Congressional District seat turned fierce last week during a debate held by …
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Lee Landor
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9/8/10
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In a funeral Mass attended by hundreds, including many public officials and representatives from the law enforcement community Thursday morning at St. Agnes Cathedral, former Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon, a resident of Rockville Centre, was remembered as a dedicated public servant and a man of principle.
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Judy Rattner
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8/19/10
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Harvey Weisenberg, the incumbent representative for the 20th State Assembly District, is being challenged this year in a Democratic Primary by Jeff Toback, former Nassau County legislator. The Herald …
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8/18/10
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Former Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon, a resident of Rockville Centre, died at home early Sunday morning after a long battle with lymphoma. He was 76.
During his more than 30 …
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Judy Rattner
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8/16/10
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As local school districts grapple with a sour economy, ever-increasing costs and reductions in state aid, there was some good news on Tuesday, when the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing legislation that will provide more Medicaid funding to the states.
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By JEFF BESSEN
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8/11/10
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Former Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback has entered the Democratic primary against state Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, vying for the seat Weisenberg has held for two decades.
Toback, who …
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Alex Costello
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8/4/10
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Atlantic Beach village officials say they will not release documents requested by a resident in 2008, despite a decision last year by the Committee on Open Government that those documents are considered pubic records under the Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL.
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Lori Gross
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7/30/10
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A candidates forum held by the Woodmere Republican Club on July 22 bore two surprises: one — that, according to event organizers, the first debate for the Republican congressional primary between District 4 candidates Frank Scaturro and Nassau County Legislator Francis Becker (6th District)) spontaneously played out before the crowd — an audience that swelled to the point of spilling out the door of the community room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Library.
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7/28/10
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Starting later this summer, there will be no more levers for Nassau County voters to pull: The OPTical scan electronic voting system, complete with a feature called the AutoMark, is set to be used in both September's primaries and the general election in November.
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JEFF BESSEN
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7/28/10
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