Opera singer Andrea Arias-Martin felt that she has to do something when she heard about the devastation in Haiti. “The best I could do is what I do every day,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/21/10
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"This isn’t cocaine. This isn’t a Saturday-Sunday drug. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bill Flanagan, the Nassau County Police Department’s second deputy commissioner, told the assembly of 20 elected leaders, law enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at Levittown Public Library on Thursday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/21/10
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Elmont School district — from kindergardeners through high school seniors — is getting in on the giving act, and making sure to help their Haitian friends and family in need.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/20/10
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A party at a Troy Avenue home became the sight of a vicious assault in the early morning hours on Sunday, Jan. 17, police said.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/20/10
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Tears and promises were both plentiful on Renfrew Avenue in Elmont last week, with residents in the area coming together almost immediately after the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/20/10
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After nearly six months without a pastor, the congregation of New Hope Lutheran Church, on the border of Valley Stream and Elmont, has found a leader: a former Tanzanian diplomat.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/20/10
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Last Friday, I saw the flashing lights of a police car shining into our living room window. I looked out and saw a police officer and two other men who had gotten out of their cars, all trying to entice a large and frightened dog. I suspect they were trying to read his collar, which told us that he belonged to someone and could be far away from home.
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Mike Malloy
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1/20/10
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that Sean Gluck, a serial purse-snatcher with two prior theft convictions, has pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny charges after going on his third crime spree in as many years. Gluck will receive three to six years in prison in exchange for his plea.
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1/20/10
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Gov. David Paterson’s state of the state speech last week has been run through the political ringer since its delivery on Tuesday, Jan 5, and it found few fans in Elmont and Franklin Square.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/14/10
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An Elmont teenager who opened fire on the guests of a birthday party he was attempting to crash was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison last week.
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Matthew Hampton
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1/14/10
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