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To the Editor:
Following a number of significant Long Island Rail Road service disruptions and cancellations caused by Amtrak maintenance recently, I am calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to explore taking over maintenance of the rails in and out of Penn Station and the East River tunnels.
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5/16/11
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To the Editor:
Regarding Scott Brinton’s column, “Note to Birthers: Let it go” (May 5-11):
The Birthers will not, as Brinton suggests, let it go. Yes, they know the president is as American as they are. They knew that on day one. Regardless, they’ll continue with their campaign against President Obama as long as the media writes and speaks about it.
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5/13/11
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To the Editor:
The Merrick community has always prided itself on the quality of education our children receive. Providing a sound educational foundation does not happen by chance. It takes consideration and commitment. It is an investment that will have a great return for our children and the future of our community.
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5/13/11
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To the Editor:
At a time when school taxes are high, the state is cutting school aid and everyone is trying to reduce spending, two Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District trustees have proposed placing a $3.5 million to $4.5 million bond on the May ballot to fund construction of three synthetic-turf football fields.
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3/11/11
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To the Editor:
In Al D’Amato’s anti-union, anti-collective bargaining rant (“The leadership in middle America should make us proud” March 3-9), he wonders, regarding the Wisconsin …
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3/9/11
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To the Editor:
In the wake of the horrific violence in Tucson, the newly installed House of Representatives temporarily set aside its effort to repeal the health care law that would provide …
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1/19/11
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To the Editor:
This month I received a four-page pamphlet in the mail from the county entitled “Nassau County News Network.” The first page is a letter from County Executive Ed Mangano. He …
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1/19/11
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Thank you very much for the incredible honor of being named the Merrick Herald’s Person of the Year.
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By Liz O'Shaughnessy
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1/10/11
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Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it.
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12/16/10
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The Herald recently published two articles by Scott Brinton on Booker T. Gibson, a music educator from North Merrick, “Breaking racial barriers at every turn” (Dec. 2-9) and “Booker T. Gibson, …
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12/16/10
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