Timing will be a key issue when it comes to the state’s long-planned congestion-pricing plan, which is scheduled to start sometime in 2024.
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7/13/23
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Taxpayers in the North Bellmore School District failed to pass a $39 million bond last week, that if past, would've allowed for several, extensive renovations to take place.
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By Jordan Vallone
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12/25/22
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At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . .
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4/15/21
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The potholes that used to greet us each spring, but now are with us year-round, remind us of the condition of our roads and bridges.
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By Robert Scott
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4/1/21
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During the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have needed to get outside, and have rediscovered the joy of walking or riding a bike to see friends and exercise.
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By Carter Strickland
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3/18/21
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On March 4, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln stood on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol to take the oath of office and deliver his first inaugural address. Seven southern states had already . . .
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By Jim Bernstein
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1/21/21
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On Dec. 6, Merrick voters will have the final say on whether to borrow $19.9 million toward a number of major repairs and renovations at district schools.
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By Erik Hawkins
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12/2/16
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On Feb. 26, 1993, terrorists detonated a 1,336-pound nitrate-hydrogen bomb in the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center’s North Tower, intending to send the structure crashing into the South Tower, destroying both buildings.
Merokean Aram Iskenderian was there that day, working as a bond broker high atop New York City in Cantor Fitzgerald’s corporate headquarters, on the World Trade Center’s 101st to 105th floors.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/7/16
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With temperatures plummeting into the single digits over the weekend, the North Merrick Public Library’s 60-year old boiler gave out late Saturday, which caused a pipe to freeze and rupture on Tuesday morning, flooding the reference room with more than a half inch of water, according to Tom Witt, the library director.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/16/16
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By all accounts by Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District principals, opening day of school on Sept. 1 went off without a hitch.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/9/15
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