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SOuth Side Senior RYAn Schmitz, right, visits Miami, Fla. occasionally to work out and practice with the 2011 U.S. Sailing Development Team for prospective Olympic athletes.
RVC teen aims for glory
For Ryan Schmitz, a senior at South Side High School, sailing is a true passion. But if you ask his mother, Elisabeth, she’ll tell you it didn’t start out that way. “It used to be a chore … more
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Changing Long Island’s mind — and building codes
The Long Island Index — an independent, non-partisan group that compiles data every year about different aspects of Long Island — has spent the past few years working on analyzing the area’s … more
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A plan is in the works for a major renovation of the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park.
Renovation on tap for the Nassau County Aquatic Center
County officials have confirmed that the long-awaited renovation of the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow is expected to begin in July.  According to county officials and … more
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Demolition began two weeks ago on the building at the southeast corner of Rockaway Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream, the former site of the adult store. It and other neighboring buildings are coming down to make way for a new apartment building, which will include stores on the first floor and 64 housing units above.
‘If you build it, they will come’?
Final part in the series “Plugging the Brain Drain.” “We don’t want to see our young people leave,” said Island Park Mayor Jim Ruzicka. “That’s our future.” Ruzicka and others … more
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Members of the Lakeview Council board, from left, Vice President Julian Jones, President Viberta Caesar, Youth Organization President Chemaal Evans and Jones’s son Curtis Jones.
A look at the Lakeview Council
Viberta Caesar is all about action. If it needs to get done, Caesar gets it done. But the single mother of two doesn’t do it alone: she has help from members of the Lakeview Council, a local … more
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The Peoples Choice Winner, the Long Island Radically Rezoned project would convert the island to 50 percent open space by 2050 — and radically change the overall look of Long Island in the process.
Building a better suburbia
Imagine a Long Island that was 50 percent open space. Or a hub of agriculture, housing and business along Route 110 in Farmingdale. Or even a new neighborhood of rental housing, businesses and parks … more
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Hal Peterson
Is New York state insolvent?
As the New York Times reported on Sept. 11, at the insistence of the S.E.C. “New Jersey agreed never again to fraudulently hide its underfunding of the state's public pension system.” Hide or not, many states (including New York) have invested too little money in public pension funds. This represents a huge hidden liability for both current and future taxpayers. more
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The rundown playground at Reverend Morgan Days Park will be renovated.
RVC gets $100,000 for West End
By the end of the summer, children who frequent the Reverend Morgan Days Park will be able to look forward to a brand new playground. more
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IDA accepts AvalonBay application
On March 25, a year since the first hearings on the subject, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency accepted the application of developer AvalonBay Communities for a tax abatement for its proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre. more
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Village, AvalonBay reach an agreement
Having granted AvalonBay building permits to begin the construction of a 349-unit apartment complex, the Village of Rockville Centre announced on Feb. 9 that it had reached an agreement with the developer to make the project more financially attractive for both parties. more
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