In anticipation of the blizzard expected to hit New York on Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Long Island Rail Road released its winter storm operating plan, which includes changes to and temporary suspensions …
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Lee Landor
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2/9/10
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"Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has announced that the County is prepared for the major snowstorm expected to hit starting Wednesday. Forecasts are calling for 8 to 13 inches and blizzard-like conditions in Nassau County and surrounding areas."
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2/9/10
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Even in tough economic times, Chris Brown, owner of Mid-Island Medical Supply in Wantagh, has managed to expand his business from one storefront to three on Wantagh Avenue. With the MTA payroll tax, however, even successful Long Island businesses like Brown's have been hit hard.
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Deirdre Krasula
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2/4/10
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As the reality of the likely state school-aid numbers starts to set in, local leaders and school administrators are worried about what the future holds if the financial situation gets much worse for education funding.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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As Catholic churches across Nassau and Suffolk try to prepare for what could be the loss of 1,500 jobs via buyout, parishes in Franklin Square and Elmont are taking a hard look at their own payrolls.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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Franklin Square native and astronaut Mike Massimino, one of a crew of specialists who were launched into space last year to repair the Hubble Space Observatory, stepped into his former school on Jan. 29 to give kids an up-close look at outer space.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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A Centereach man was arrested in Elmont on Saturday on child-endangerment charges after allegedly sending a group of nearly a dozen 12- to 15-year-olds out unaccompanied to sell candy.
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Matthew Hampton
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2/3/10
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Heroin had coursed through Joe's veins for more than 12 months when he arrived at the St. John's University training camp as a freshman attacker on the powerhouse Red Storm lacrosse team.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/3/10
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Local schools already reeling after last year’s reduction in school aid were hit with the news last week that Gov. David Paterson plans deep cuts across the board for the 2010-11 year.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/27/10
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Following four days of intense criticism after the Republicans' passage of a significant pay raise for three lead county legislators, Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt said he would call for a bill that would rescind the stipend increases.
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Mike Caputo
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1/27/10
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