On Dec. 3, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, a set of three tests — in literacy, science and math — which is given every three years to 15-year-olds in 65 nations.
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12/12/13
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Ed Mangano’s and Tom Suozzi’s campaigns for county executive are in full gear, with less than five weeks to go before Election Day. They’re trading jabs and accusations.
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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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A Republican and a Democrat standing together these days is rare. Even though we’re from different political parties, partisan politics could not have been further from our minds last Oct. 29, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Edward Mangano and Steven Bellone
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8/28/13
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Last year, 2012, was a hot one. In fact, it was the hottest year on record for the continental U.S.
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8/21/13
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After weeks of confusion following an uproar at an unofficial Rockville Centre Housing Authority meeting last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has given the authority’s …
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By John Maher
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8/21/13
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On July 15, it became public that Herbert Coleman and Cynthia Fielder-Boyd were removed from their positions on the Rockville Centre Housing Authority Board of Trustees as of July 3.
Fielder-Boyd, …
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By John Maher
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7/24/13
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The Blumenfeld Development Group has joined Forest City Ratner Companies in their pursuit to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
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By David Weingrad
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7/23/13
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The Blumenfeld Development Group is bidding on the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the fourth time. The Syosset-based company’s history with the arena began in the early 1970s when president Edward Blumenfeld bid on the New York Islanders, who at the time were being introduced to the NHL as an expansion team.
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By David Weingrad
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6/24/13
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Forty-one years ago, we bought our house in Woodmere because it had a back porch.
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5/31/13
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