Lifelong Glen Cove resident and retired firefighter Francis Uhlendorf, 92, can vividly remember fishing with J.P. Morgan’s son John Pierpont Morgan Jr. “He used to land his sea plane here,” he said last Saturday, pointing out to the Long Island Sound beyond Dosoris Island. “He’d fly over from New York to here, and that’s why he built the bridges to hold the water back, so he could fly in here.”
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By Jennifer Corr
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10/30/20
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Six bullets pierced Jessica Ghawi’s body on July 20, 2012. The “kill shot,” said her mother, Sandy Phillips, cut a five-inch hole in the side of her face. The aspiring sports …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/17/19
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After 32 people in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, were killed in mass shootings in early August, Rosemarie Veneziano decided that enough was enough. She attended a gun-control rally organized by …
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By Mike Conn
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10/24/19
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We all know that America has a serious gun violence problem. While mass shootings have become chillingly common, I believe we are on the verge of a seismic shift in how we respond to them.
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By Laura Curran
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9/27/19
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The United States is in the midst of a gun violence epidemic. Mass shootings have taken place in elementary schools, in houses of worship and in movie theaters. They make headlines with disturbing regularity . . .
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By Jim Gaughran
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9/27/19
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When her son, Nicholas, started preschool in Elmont last week, Michaelle Solages spoke to his teachers about the school’s active-shooter drills, and learned that they tell students to pretend to …
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/12/19
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Dear Colleagues:
In the weeks and months following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year . . .
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By Michael J. Dowling
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9/6/19
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The Declaration of Independence places “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” at the pinnacle of the American endeavor. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the world wars . . .
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8/23/19
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that bans the arming of teachers in New York State on July 31 in an effort to protect students and teachers by keeping guns out of the classroom.
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By Jill Nossa
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8/22/19
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In the wake of the country’s three most recent mass shootings, one of which has been classified as a hate crime, a conversation about white supremacy has entered the national narrative.
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8/16/19
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