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While the Long Island summer months tend to breed an eagerness to exercise outdoors, the hot and humid weather should also create an alertness to help avoid a heat-related emergency. Even though our bodies contain a natural cooling mechanism — perspiration — they can still overheat and lead to a potentially deadly condition: heat stroke.
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By Brian T. Dessart
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6/28/18
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Summer is finally here. It should be a time of joy, spent barbecuing in the backyard and hanging out at the beach. Too often, however, summer turns tragic when it needn’t. The American Red Cross offers the following guidelines . . .
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6/21/18
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After a more than yearlong review, the Lynbrook School District’s plans to use hundreds of thousands of dollars for safety initiatives and security upgrades were recently approved by the State Education Department.
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By Mike Smollins
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6/14/18
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Patrick Ryder, Nassau County’s recently installed police commissioner, can still remember the moment that he decided he wanted to become a police officer.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/29/18
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The National Council for Home Safety and Security recently designated Lynbrook as one of the safest places to live in New York state.
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3/8/18
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With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/1/18
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This past week, Long Island saw historically low temperatures that dipped below zero when the wind chill was factored in, icy, treacherous driving conditions and, to top it all off, a “bomb …
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1/12/18
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Whether it’s the shimmering water of a backyard pool, a lake or the ocean, having fun there necessitates a cautious approach to help ensure that children and adults remain safe. Year after year . . .
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6/22/17
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President Trump endorsed a proposal on June 5 to privatize air-traffic control, an action that was opposed by a number of those who have voiced their frustration over the plane noise plaguing Long Island.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/15/17
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Twenty and 30 years ago, we worried about drunken drivers plowing their vehicles into other cars or trucks and killing innocent men, women and children. Then along came the cellphone . . .
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5/18/17
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