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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Randolph Holder, the New York Police Department Housing Bureau officer who was killed on Oct. 20, allegedly by the man he was chasing, was remembered by family, friends, community leaders, police brass and officers as thousands lined Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, on Oct. 28.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/28/15
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When the Nassau County Police Department sent out a Silver Alert on Oct. 7 that reported Lawrence resident Yosef Gerson missing, it sounded like so many of the other alerts that are issued about people who suffer from cognitive disorders, as Gerson does, and must be found because they need their medication.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/21/15
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Peter Hawkins, of Malverne, was the first participant to complete the 22nd annual Inwood 5K last Sunday as he cruised across the finish line at Inwood Park in his wheelchair racer in 14:30.94.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/15/15
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Yosef Gerson, the Lawrence resident reported missing by his parents on Oct. 5, returned home by taxicab on Saturday night.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/8/15
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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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Nassau County police have issued a Silver Alert for Inwood resident James Goins, who was last seen on Thursday at 7 p.m. wearing a red long sleeve shirt, blue jeans and black Fila sneakers and a black baseball-style hat with "BK" on the front.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/11/15
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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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Arrests
LAWRENCE-Barbara B. Salinas, 45, of Norwalk, Conn., was arrested for shoplifting from a store on Rockaway Turnpike, authorities said.
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8/19/15
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Arrests
LAWRENCE-Edwin B. Plaskett, 45, of Jamaica, Queens, was arrested at 3:40 p.m. on Aug. 3, for shoplifting from a department store on Rockaway Turnpike, police said.
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8/12/15
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