Long Island may lose 10 state parks this summer as a result of a proposed $29 million budget cut facing the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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Lee Landor
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2/18/10
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With state school aid still a question, recent 2010-11 budget talks for local elementary districts have hardly been easy. Like other districts across the state, the Franklin Square and Elmont elementary districts are having to make some tough decisions, including facing the possibility of increasing class size by cutting teachers.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/18/10
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Iris Wiener
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2/18/10
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A year ago, 23-year-old William May lost his job managing a welding supply company in Westbury. So, the young father decided to join his wife, Kara, 21, as a student at Nassau Community College in Garden City.
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Scott Brinton
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2/16/10
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The Island Park Theatre Group, in concert with The Island Park Schools Recreation Department, will proudly present "On Broadway - A Musical Revue!" featuring local talent of all ages from all communities. Come and experience Broadway-style singing and dancing at a fraction of the cost -- and ten times the fun!
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Mary Malloy
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2/14/10
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Veterans and members of Boy Scout Troop 240 joined together for a day of food and stories on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the West Hempstead American Legion Cathedral Post 1087.
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Lee Landor
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2/11/10
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In October of 1995, Rafael Da Costa, then 22, had just finish working the night shift as a bartender on Eastern Long Island when he got into his car to visit his girlfriend, Consuelo Vila, also 22, who lived in Long Beach. He was tired, he said, and fell asleep at the wheel while travelling on the Meadowbrook Parkway. As a result, he crashed his car in a concrete wall — but that wasn’t the life-changing part. His mistake was getting out of his car to access the damage.
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Mary Malloy
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2/10/10
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Teenager Amanda Hansen was sleeping overnight at her friend’s home in January, 2009. She never woke up the next morning. Her life ended tragically that night by a carbon monoxide leak from a defective boiler.
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Steve Grogan
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2/10/10
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See the sights and sounds of the Feb. 10 blizzard that hammered Hempstead Turnpike and Nassau County. Produced by Matt Hampton of the Franklin Square/Elmont Herald.
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by Matthew Hampton
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2/10/10
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Administrative leaders and Board of Education trustees took a red pen to early budget plans at a district-wide meeting Feb. 2 in the hope of finding a way to reconcile cuts of more than $3 million in state school aid for the coming year.
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by Matthew Hampton
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2/10/10
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