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For 17 minutes, the field was silent as the names of the 14 students and three teachers killed were recited over the loudspeaker.
Oceanside students mull path forward after walkout
On March 14, the Ocean-side High School football field was crowded with between 300 and 400 students. Usually a gathering of teenagers on that scale would be reserved for jubilant occasions — a … more
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Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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More than 50 people gathered outside the entrance of the Oceanside Sanitation Transfer Station on Long Beach Road to protest what they believed to be abuse of a feral cat colony located on the site. The Nassau County SPCA has countered that the colony is being properly cared for.
Protest erupts over alleged abuse of Oceanside cat colony
An alleged dispute between a former Town of Hempstead employee and its leadership culminated in a protest on Saturday over the supposed abuse of a feral cat colony located at the Oceanside Sanitation … more
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Trump takes office
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump began by thanking President Obama for a smooth transition, and offered the people of America a message of hope by stating, “We, the citizens of America . . . more
An estimated 200 protesters gathered outside of Donald Trump's April 6 rally in Bethpage, in what Nassau County police called a "free-speech zone." Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald
An afternoon in the ‘free-speech zone’
Donald Trump’s supporters steadily streamed into Grumman Studios on the afternoon of April 6 until more than 10,000 of them filled the venue, where war planes were once built. As they did, they walked past roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in what Nassau County police were calling a “free-speech zone,” a comparatively small, rectangular area cordoned off with aluminum barricades. more
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Richard G. Fromewick
Tax Certiorari Law
Q: When I go to the mynassauproperty.com website, my property’s market value seems low. Does that mean I shouldn’t grieve? A: On January 4, 2016 the Nassau County Assessor … more
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Hundreds of protesters lined Old County Road on Saturday, outside the site of a proposed video lottery terminal, to show their dismay.
Residents rally against proposed gaming facility
More than 1,000 people gathered for a community meeting in Westbury on Jan. 15 in a show of united opposition to a proposed video lottery terminal in a now-vacant Fortunoff at the Source Mall. more
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Joy Fieldstadt and Liz Downey walked up and down the street showing circus goers how the animals are treated.
Oceanside circus performance draws protest
Oceanside residents who arrived with their kids in tow to see the Cole Brothers Circus at the Fireman’s Memorial Field in Oceanside on the evening of July 29 got a lesson in democracy even before … more
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The jury is out on LNG platform
We live in a world that thirsts for energy. As the population rises, the need for energy grows ever greater. more
Finding beauty beyond America's borders
Squads of muscled police officers in slate-colored jumpsuits crowded together on the sidewalk as we made our way up Stamboliiski Boulevard in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 23, two days after we touched down in the country’s capital. more
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