A company’s plans to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, have stalled for months in a federal review process, but that is likely to change next month. A U.S. Coast Guard official estimated that the government will release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Port Ambrose in December.
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By Brian Racow
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11/5/14
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Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the State University of New York colleges would implement system-wide standards for combating and reporting sexual assault. And he promised that, through legislation, the same changes would be coming to the state’s private schools.
Molloy College is ready for the reforms, since most of what is being changed are things that the school does already.
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By Alex Costello
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10/8/14
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Yom Kippur is the day where Jews pray for their names to be inscribed in the book of life. It is also a day to give the gift of life at Central Synagogue of Nassau County, where this year, the synagogue will hold a bone marrow donor drive on Yom Kippur.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/24/14
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Exhibits and more...
Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach ToleranceA contextualized history that explains the 1920s’ increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention …
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9/10/14
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The All Star Academy will hold a youth art and poetry contest and art auction fundraiser on Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. at 10 Grande Ave., Rockville Centre to benefit Sunrise Day Camp and the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). Tickets are $5 each and can be bought on allstarresource.com.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/20/14
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Long Island women arrived in Israel on July 21 with their regular luggage and something extra — several heavy duffle bags of supplies for Israeli soldiers.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/6/14
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Each year, the month of July reminds me of someone who played a significant role in our past lives and would be even more significant if he were alive today. I refer to the late Robert Moses.
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6/19/14
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Helena Williams, president of the Long Island Rail Road, was fired from her position on Wednesday, in the midst of bitter contract negotiations with LIRR union workers.
Williams, who has served as …
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By Emily Webb
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5/1/14
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Remembering his own lazy days of summer spent at an upstate camp, Rockville Centre native Rob DelGaudio is working on a fundraising effort that he hopes will help give other kids that same …
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By Alex Costello
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4/23/14
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The Long Island Rail Road announced that it will activate new train schedules on Monday, Feb. 24, including the restoration of two eastbound trains during evening rush on the Babylon branch, which …
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By Emily Webb
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2/24/14
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