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If only we knew now what we’ll know then

I saw a guy in town waiting under the portico of a medical practice that specializes in lung disease, and damn if he wasn’t puffing away on a cigarette. more

5/3/19

Adam Kriegel, the director of sales for PayByPhone, presented to village officials how residents can pay for parking via the app rather than pumping quarters into meters.

App to enable Lynbrook parkers to pay by phone

In an effort to make paying for parking easier, Lynbrook officials unanimously voted on March 5 to approve bringing the phone app PayByPhone into the village. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/15/18

After more than 300 students from Lynbrook High School signed a petition, the Board of Education looked into its cell phone policy, but decided not to change it.

Lynbrook school board upholds cell phone ban despite student petition

The Board of Education for the Lynbrook School District kept a cell phone ban at Lynbrook High School in place at its Feb. 8 meeting, despite a student petition urging it to change the edict. more

By Mike Smollins | 2/22/17

Lynbrook High School students Sarah Swerden and Kyle Hassig asked the Board of Education to reconsider the ban on cell phones and provide a safe space for students to use them for schoolwork.

Lynbrook students urge school board to modify cell phone ban

Lynbrook High School students petitioned the district’s Board of Education to modify its policy banning cell phones throughout the school day at its Jan. 11 meeting. more

By Michael Smollins | 2/1/17

Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Orrin Hatch

Largest phone scam in IRS history

The scam phone calls are coming to Island Park, Oceanside, Nassau County, New York State, all over the nation, claiming to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and demanding money. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 3/18/15

For 2015: eyes wide open, devices down and dark

When you went to your grandson’s Christmas pageant two weeks ago, did you actually see his performance, or were you too busy recording it for posterity on your iPhone? more

1/8/15

We shouldn't put national security in the hands of contractors

After more than six months of investigations and controversy surrounding U.S. surveillance policies, President Obama delivered highly anticipated remarks . . . more

1/23/14

County runs warming centers, hotline, shelter during snowstorm

As a major snowstorm bore down on the Northeast on Tuesday, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced that the county had activated a special hotline for non-life-threatening emergencies and opened 19 “warming centers” around the county for residents. The county’s emergency shelter relief program for homeless individuals and families, “WARMBED,” also remains in place overnight as usual. more

By Brian Racow | 1/21/14

Common sense prevails in NSA ruling

On Dec. 16, federal Judge Richard Leon ruled that metadata collected by our government on phone and Internet activity was likely unconstitutional. more

1/2/14

U.S. security: only as strong as its weakest leak

If you wrote the story of Edward Snowden as a novel, no one would buy it, literally or figuratively. more

6/20/13

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