Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently.
Then, snap!
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Scott Brinton
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3/26/10
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Exhibits and more...
A Sense Of PlaceWorks of James T. Johnathan, a business pioneer and renaissance man are on exhibit, presented by The Long Island Center of Photography. Through June 30. …
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3/26/10
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Highlights include a performance of Godspell in Bellmore, a musical revue of the life and times of Desi Arnaz at Hofstra, and still more circus antics with the National Circus Project at Long Island Children's Museum.
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3/24/10
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Weekend highlights include a performance by the Irish-American group Cherish The Ladies, an antiques fair in Garden City, and storytelling at Long Island Children's museum.
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3/24/10
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The Long Island Philharmonic kicks off the spring season with “Mozart and More” on Sunday, at a new venue: Hofstra University’s John Cranford Adams Playhouse.
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Karen Bloom
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3/24/10
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Luis Lopez, 61, has been leading the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for the past year, which has its main office in Lynbrook. Lopez, who owns Alante Security Group Inc. in Westbury, sat down with the Herald to tell us about what the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce — which has more than 1,000 members — can do for local business owners of Latin descent.
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Anthony Bottan
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3/24/10
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Families visit Long Island Children's Museum
to celebrate the arrival of Ringling Bros. Circus
[Photo gallery]
Scenes from Long Island Children's Museum's "Elephant Walk" on Monday, March 15.
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3/19/10
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Families welcomed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to its temporary home at Nassau Coliseum on Monday, March 15. Kids enjoyed circus-related activities while waiting for the elephants to parade by Long Island Children's Museum, which hosted the event along with Herald Community Newspapers.
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3/19/10
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For the second straight year, the Mepham High School kickline team placed first in two categories at the Scholastic Kickline Competition at Nassau Community College, earning the Champion of Champions title in the lyrical and pom categories after securing the highest cumulative score in a series of three scholastic competitions Feb. 28. The girls also placed first in kick in their division.
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Deirdre Krasula
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3/18/10
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