June will go down in history as the month in which Governor Paterson divorced himself from his uneasy relationship with the state Legislature and took over all of its powers and duties in order to …
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Jerry Kremer
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7/14/10
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The Long Island Philharmonic takes to the stage at Heckscher Park on Saturday to present the Islip Arts Council’s annual free concert, a summertime ritual for music lovers.
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Karen Bloom
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7/14/10
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New York state banned the enormously dangerous practice of texting on cell phones while driving last August. Still, we can’t help but notice that loads of drivers are disregarding the law and …
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7/7/10
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Enjoy music under the stars when the Long Island Philharmonic, under the baton of David Stewart Wiley, performs at Heckscher State Park, Saturday, July 17, at 8 p.m.
Maestro Wiley, music …
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6/30/10
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Legislation banning drop-side cribs passed in both houses of the State Legislature on Friday. A fatal design flaw in drop-side cribs killed two Bellmore-Merrick infants.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/29/10
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Merrick resident and CEO of Long Beach Medical Center Douglas Melzer was recently named chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, the association that represents Long Island’s 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals. His two-year term will expire in June 2012. The CEOs from each of the member hospitals comprise the board of directors.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/28/10
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Sandra Quinn, a Hewitt student in Irma Altman’s third grade class, will go on to the national level in the PTA Reflections Program — a first for the school.
She is one of a handful of Rockville Centre students who rose to the top in the national competition that encourages students to creatively express themselves with an original piece from one of six categories: literature, visual arts, photography, dance choreography, film production or music.
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6/16/10
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Those who attended Rockville Centre's village board meeting on June 8 — or drove by Village Hall at around 8:15 p.m. — might have been startled to find union protesters marching around the block carrying coffins.
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Alex Costello
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6/16/10
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It was during the 1930s, in the depth of the great Depression, that Robert Moses put public authorities on New York state’s map. Hailed at the time as “the man who can get things done,” Moses gained the consent of beleaguered politicians to create public authorities that would capture federal appropriations to restart the stalled economy.
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Hal Peterson
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6/15/10
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Rockville Centre commuters may have recently been handed a flier from the General Building Laborers’ union Local 66, alleging the construction at the AvalonBay site is unsafe, among other things.
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Alex Costello
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6/2/10
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