June is Great Outdoors Month. It’s a recognition and celebration of all the things we can do outside. And here on the South Shore, there’s no shortage of ways to spend a day out of doors, and have lots of fun doing it.
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6/16/16
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Matias Ferreira, a Marine Corps veteran who has recovered from severe injuries he suffered while deployed in Afghanistan, is receiving a new house from the non-profit organization Homes for Our Troops.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/7/16
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With a long-vacant North Wantagh home serving as the backdrop, Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino announced on May 20 new legislation to deal with zombie houses.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/20/16
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A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/25/16
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The Nassau County Police Department, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency reported the arrests of several individuals between April 20 and April 23 for drug-related charges.
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4/25/16
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Live music and chatter filled the open space at Mulcahy’s Bar and Concert Hall in Wantagh as part of Freeport-based CoLoKi’s fifth annual “Fun” Raiser on April 3.
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By Stephany Reyes
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4/6/16
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Nassau County Police are investigating a series of criminal mischief incidents in several communities this week.
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By Nick Ciccone
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3/15/16
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Residents looking to get rid of old electronics or household chemicals will be able to do so this month through two programs hosted by the Town of Hempstead.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/9/16
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The Long Island Rail Road will be implementing new train schedules beginning Monday, March 7 on several South Shore branches. The schedule adjusts some off-peak and weekend trains because of ongoing and upcoming construction projects.
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2/26/16
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Water is a necessity of life, of this there is no debate. When the subject turns to who provides that water to us and at what cost, there the debate begins.
For the past five years, the Water Authority of Southeast Nassau County, an authority of which I was a board member, held a series of public meetings to discuss this issue with the residents who receive their water from New York American Water. Recently, the authority’s board voted to retain the company that is supplying our water, rather than pursue the potential purchase of the company by the authority.
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By John Reinhardt
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2/9/16
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