Along with four other recently elected officials, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray reflected on the struggles that Hurricane Sandy caused during her most recent term –– and how, she said, the town has recovered since the storm –– at her inauguration last Thursday.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/10/14
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The death last week of former South African President Nelson Mandela sparked a worldwide outpouring of sorrow, respect and remembrance of a man many considered one of history’s great heroes — a …
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By Brian Racow and Emily Webb
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12/11/13
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The Town of Hempstead Board voted unanimously on Feb. 19 to hire a private company, Skyline Demographic Consultants Inc., to provide the town with demographic information about its residents, which town officials plan to use to redraw geographic lines for its six electoral districts.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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2/21/13
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For the past three months, the 27 Nigerian dwarf goats that call the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick home have been drinking water from a rainwater-collection barrel when they reach the top of “Mount Merrick,” the 100-foot-high, tree-covered hill in the center of the park that was once a landfill.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/16/12
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Students at Birch Elementary School in Merrick recently took part in the Valentines for Vets program. Through this program, which the Town of Hempstead instituted in 2001, students create valentines to send to veterans at local Veterans Affairs hospitals. The town honored the Birch students with certificates for their efforts. Above are town Councilwoman Angie Cullen and Birch Principal Kerri Schlissel, at back, right, and students.
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3/3/11
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Thousands of Long Island families had a more abundant feast this Thanksgiving Day due in large part to the generosity of Robert Jesberger, proprietor of Mid Island Collision of Rockville Centre. At a …
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By Andrew McClure
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12/15/10
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The Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, Richard Ronan of Merrick, announced recently that he is retiring.
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11/22/10
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Irene V. Villacci, Esq., was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award, at the 2010 Molloy College Annual Ball at the Garden City Hotel. Molloy College board of trustees and President Dr. Drew …
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11/18/10
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin and Councilwoman Angie Cullin joined Ilene Robinson’s third-grade class from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on Wednesday to announce a proposal to designate the town’s 100 parks “smoke-free.”
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David Weingrad
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11/11/10
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Long Island American Water opened its newest iron-removal plant in Malverne on Oct. 28, marking the occasion by inviting local elected officials and representatives of the New York State Public …
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Lee Landor
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11/3/10
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