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Democrat Tom Suozzi, Nassau’s former two-term county executive, seemed to believe he had a genuine shot at beating the current county executive, Republican Ed Mangano, in this year’s election.
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11/14/13
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The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished.
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10/3/13
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Prescription drug abuse in the United States has spiked dramatically in the past few years, and Nassau County is no exception.
Illegal use of prescription drugs has become so widespread across the …
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By John Maher
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10/2/13
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“The crises in Iran and Afghanistan have dramatized a very important lesson: Our excessive dependence on foreign oil is a clear and present danger to our nation’s security."
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3/7/13
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Unless I hear some credible dissenting voices, I’m going to vote for 2012 as one of the worst years in recent history.
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1/3/13
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Hurricane Sandy attacked without mercy, leaving more than a million Long Islanders without power and wrecking tens of thousands of homes near the shoreline. Then a second disaster struck.
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12/13/12
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I have to hand it to the coal industry.
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10/24/12
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Congress is ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redraw the flood maps it enacted in 2009, which could either raise or lower flood insurance premiums for residents of Oceanside and Island Park.
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By Andrew Hackmack and Aaron Axelson
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7/18/12
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On June 19, at its last meeting of the school year, the Oceanside Board of Education adopted a new policy to help protect student athletes who suffer concussions while playing.
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By Alex Costello
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7/11/12
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With unforeseen savings from employees’ health insurance, four of the North Bellmore School District’s buildings might get expanded parking lots this coming fall. The proposition presented to the Board of Education at Thursday night’s meeting is meant to alleviate traffic flow problems associated with student drop-off and pick-ups, especially with increased enrollment at Saw Mill and Dinkelmeyer owing to the closing of Gunther School this June.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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3/16/12
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