Thomas M. Schmitt, son of Michael and Laurie Schmitt, had his Court of Honor Ceremony recently at the Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway recently.
Schmitt, 17, is a senior at East Rockaway High School and a member of the National Honor Society, Senior Band, Jazz Ensemble, Yearbook and Robotics. He is also a member of the Cross Country, football and track teams.
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By Mary Malloy
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5/19/11
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Democrats welcomed news last Thursday that a State Supreme Court justice had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature from moving ahead with a plan to redraw the Legislature’s lines.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/13/11
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The Nassau County Legislature was formed on May 24, 1994, after U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spatt had ruled in 1993 that the county’s longstanding Board of Supervisors was unconstitutional because it violated the Constitution’s one-person, one vote rule. A 19-district Legislature was created to replace the Board of Supervisors. The Legislature’s first election took place in November 1995, and legislators took office for the first time on Jan. 1, 1996.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/5/11
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Marianna Winchester, a Rockville Centre Gold Star mother who lost her son, 1st Lieutenant Ronald Winchester in Operation Iraqi Freedom, joined Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, other Gold Star parents and local veterans last week to denounce the recent 8-1 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Snyder v. Phelps. The ruling found that no matter how hateful their speech, the First Amendment protects Westboro Baptist Church protestors who have been picketing military funerals.
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3/16/11
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It took all of 20 minutes this morning for a traffic court judge to dismiss a ticket against North Merrick Fire Chief James Allen that a state trooper issued on the Meadowbrook Parkway on Jan. …
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David Weingrad
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3/7/11
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Twice last week, authorities discovered neglected animals inside dilapidated Rockville Centre homes. The second discovery was by far the worst ...
At 14 Montauk Ave., Faith Ross, 54, and her …
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Tom Steinert
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1/19/11
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A New York State Supreme Court decision recently ensured that White Castle won’t be serving up sliders in Bellmore.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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1/11/11
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A Rockville Centre man was arrested on Dec. 7 in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in early November in the Village of Hempstead.
James Rutledge, 20, of 21B Old Mill Court was …
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Judy Rattner
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12/15/10
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Robert Zafonte, longtime president of the East Meadow Civic and Community Service Organization, was sentenced to six months in prison and five years of probation on Monday morning.
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Mike Caputo
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12/6/10
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On the same day that former Rockville Centre resident Susan Williams was found guilty of hiring a “hit man” to kill her estranged husband — Nov. 15 — Frank Trapani, the 22-year-old boyfriend of Williams’s oldest daughter Alexis, was arrested in Island Park and charged with jury tampering after he reportedly made inappropriate contact with a juror hearing the case.
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Tom Steinert
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11/24/10
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