Sarah Sandler founded a Glamour Gals chapter at Calhoun this year after being inspired by the charity’s mission to foster self-esteem and mutual respect between two generations. Twenty Calhoun students have visited local nursing homes, where they have developed relationships with older women through makeovers, manicures and conversation.
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/7/14
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When this winter’s temperatures plummeted, so did business at Bellmore-Merrick establishments, according to an informal survey of shop owners. Now area merchants say sales appear to be rebounding with the rapidly warming weather, and new businesses are moving in to fill vacant shops.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/9/14
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Following six years of incremental gains in Bellmore-Merrick home values after the Great Recession of 2007-08, when the housing market virtually collapsed, sale prices are finally starting to climb, real estate experts say.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/2/14
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Q: My real estate taxes have gone up each year and are much higher than that of my neighbor. What is going on?
A: The tax rates in both Nassau and Suffolk County have increased each year because …
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By Richard G. Fromewick
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11/11/13
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In Sunday’s Newsday, the editorial board endorsed Tom Suozzi, the Democratic candidate for county executive. That wasn’t surprising . . .
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10/24/13
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Q: I recently received a letter in the mail regarding my STAR tax exemption, and I do not understand. If I already have the STAR tax exemption on my home and also received an assessment reduction …
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By Richard G. Fromewick
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10/24/13
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Another Brooklyn man was convicted of an array of charges he faced for his role in a violent home invasion in North Bellmore in September 2011 that led to a high-speed chase through Merrick and Wantagh, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said last week.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/3/13
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For the fourth straight year, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has delivered for the taxpayers of Nassau County by once again releasing a no-property-tax-increase budget.
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9/26/13
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Four model homes are under construction at a 17-acre site on Maple Avenue in North Bellmore that was once a U.S. Army base. The site is to become a new neighborhood featuring a total of 79 homes built by the Beechwood Organization.
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By Paul Laursen
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9/11/13
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At a July 10 hearing of the Town of Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals, William Bonesso, an attorney for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, agreed to a list of stipulations that the Merrick Park Homeowners Association called for as part of Stop & Shop’s renovation plans for its Merrick Mall store.
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By Brian Racow
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7/25/13
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