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Rabbi Avraham Holtzberg stood beside Cammans Pond in Merrick last December with head bent slightly to the side and hands clasped at his waist, looking solemn and forlorn at the Merrick Chabad’s otherwise joyful Hanukkah celebration. A month earlier, terrorists had murdered Holtzberg’s brother, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his sister-in-law, Rivka, 28, in Mumbai, India.
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Scott Brinton
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10/8/09
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Rumors have been swirling around Mineola recently that District Attorney Kathleen Rice is gearing up for a statewide run next year if Attorney General Andrew Cuomo leaves office and runs for, say, the governorship. Meanwhile, Rice is totally focused on her re-election this year, so don’t expect to hear a word otherwise.
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Spencer Rumsey
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10/6/09
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As the old sayings go, politics ain’t beanbag and it sure does make strange bedfellows, especially when it comes down to the ballot line — and the fate of the Nassau Legislature is hanging by a thread.
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Spencer Rumsey
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10/6/09
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Joe Wilson was a name unknown to most of us until he shouted “You lie!” at President Obama during the president’s address to Congress on Sept. 9.
Now, the South Carolina Republican’s name has been circulating throughout every major media source in the U.S. and worldwide. Personally, I don’t think anyone can defend Wilson’s action of disrupting the president’s speech while he was addressing Congress. My friends in Congress tell me this was truly out of character for Wilson, and that he is a genuinely nice person and an honorable man.
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10/1/09
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Funny story: I coach youth soccer. I recently e-mailed the German-born trainer of my daughter’s travel team to let him know that our practice venue had changed from Speno Park in East Meadow to Mitchel Field in Uniondale so the squad could play under the lights. I received this perplexing reply:
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Scott Brinton
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10/1/09
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To the Editor:
I am writing in response to Randi Kreiss’ column, “Political wing nuts grab all the headlines, Sept. 10-16, and Scott Brinton’s, “Health care, a question for rich and poor …
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10/1/09
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To the Editor:
As Halloween approaches, the annual Haunted House fundraiser sponsored by the Valley Stream Fire Department Engine 2 (Brooklyn Avenue) is being advertised all over town. And, like …
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10/1/09
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"Happy writes white,” the novelists say. Talk about a happy man or happy news and before you complete the thought, your readers will fall asleep. It was Tolstoy who glibly indicted happy families by saying “they are all the same.”
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Randi Kreiss
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10/1/09
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray has said, “Development is coming” to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
The question is, will the New York Islanders be there to anchor the property when all is said and done? Or will Long Island’s only professional sports franchise move to Queens or Brooklyn, or even to Kansas City or Ontario?
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10/1/09
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When we walked into the park, my grandson made the introductions. Only 2 years old, he’s on a first-name basis with all the VIPs on the scene. The VIPs are the nannies, of course, and he got big hugs from each of them, since they all freelance as baby-sitters, and most have fed him, bathed him and rocked him to sleep at one time or another.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/24/09
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