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Malverne teen Kimberly Taff got the confidence boost of her life earlier this month when she was crowned Miss Long Island Teen 2011. And for the 17-year-old soccer-playing humanitarian, that's what …
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Lee Landor
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8/25/10
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While crews continue to work on the damaged Long Island Rail Road switching station at the Jamaica Station, commuters have to deal with a limited schedule through at least Friday.
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Mike Caputo
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8/23/10
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Beauty pageants are not all about crowns and sashes — at least not for 17-year-old Kimberly Taff who will compete in next year’s Miss Long Island Teen pageant. …
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Lee Landor
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8/19/10
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In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades.
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8/12/10
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State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. announced last Friday that legislation banning dangerous drop-side cribs in New York state has been signed by Gov. David Paterson.
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David Weingrad
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8/3/10
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Economists tell us that the Great Recession of recent years is over. The economy is growing again, albeit ever so slowly. Long Island’s jobless rate has dropped to below 7 percent. Housing prices in a number of area neighborhoods are starting — mind you, starting — to creep up. And we hear anecdotal evidence that people are beginning to spend again.
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7/30/10
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The passing of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner brought to mind two words: tough love. Steinbrenner succeeded in the world of sports because he wasn’t willing to follow the traditional ways of all the other team owners. He spent money, but he dished out lots of tough love to his managers, his players and his very limited partners.
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Jerry Kremer
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7/30/10
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Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 11:29 p.m.
Merrick’s 12-year-old Williamsport softball team, a.k.a. the "Merrick Madness," has won the New York State Softball Championship, defeating Garden City South 13-6 in Canastota, N.Y. on July 28, according to Bill Haddad, president of the Canastota Little League.
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David Weingrad
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7/28/10
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New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, stopped off at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on July 27 with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, to tout a statewide property-tax cap.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/27/10
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The Herald Community Newspapers Remember George "The Boss" Steinbrenner
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner passed away this week. We invite you to share your …
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7/16/10
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