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State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages commended State Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky for publicly denouncing OTB’s plan for VLTs at Belmont Park. Steve Smirti/Herald
Dozens rally against VLTs at Belmont
Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island. The rally, organized by the … more
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A motorist crossed over the southbound lanes of the Nassau Expressway just north of Burnside Avenue in Lawrence and collided with another vehicle last Saturday.
Motorist seriously injured in Lawrence
A 2011 Honda Civic traveling north on the Nassau Expressway crossed over into the southbound lanes north of Burnside Avenue and collided with another vehicle at 3:21 a.m. on Jan. 30 in Lawrence, police said. more
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With the grass growing wild on the medians along the community’s portion of the Nassau Expressway, Inwood Civic Association members mow the grass and do other landscaping.
Addressing the issues in their community
It has evolved from the Inwood Board of Trade to the Inwood Chamber of Commerce, the Inwood Civic and Businessmen Association and then the Inwood Civic Association, “to make it more inclusive,” said longtime member Roy Meserole, but by any name the organization founded in 1945, has had but one mission: to help ensure that the issues in the community are addressed. more
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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, spoke in support of a stricter state law for registered sex offenders on May 27 at the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s meeting at the North Merrick Public Library.
Singas: Stricter sex offender law needed
Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ... more
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A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.
U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report
Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more
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NICE officials will begin testing a new mobile application, which will allow passengers to purchase bus tickets in advance with their smartphones, before its full rollout later this summer.
Need bus tickets? There’s an app for that.
A fast-paced commute can only benefit from fast-acting technology — namely, mobile devices that track the arrivals, departures and fares of LIRR trains. Now, as part of an initiative recently … more
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A. Thomas Levin
Civic Law
Q: My town is overrun by signs that people have posted with information about garage sales, missing pets, fundraisers, etc. Are there any laws governing what can be posted publicly? A: As every town, city and village has … more
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Five Towns residents are invited to a public meeting of the Community Reconstruction program committee concerning projects and strategies.
Five Towns Community Reconstruction program committee to host public meeting
On Thursday, the Five Towns Community Reconstruction program committee will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway at 44 Frost Lane in Lawrence. more
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Ann DeMichael, second from right, special assistant to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, presented St. Mary
Retiring St. Mary’s Manor director honored [Photo gallery]
Members of the Inwood Civic Association along with the Nassau County Executive’s office honored St. Mary’s Manor Director Juanita Warren, who is retiring after 20 years of service at the Inwood-based assisted living facility. more
Five Towns Community Chest Executive Director Bob Block, left, and Inwood Civic Association Vice President Pete Sobol, two of the three co-chairs of the New York Rising regional planning committee for the Five Towns, met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the Capitol last month.
‘We’re in desperate need of money’
The Five Towns are eligible for $27.6 million of the more than $750 million in federal funds being allocated to communities throughout New York state as part of the post-Hurricane Sandy New York Rising Community Reconstruction program announced on July 18 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. more
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