A medical doctor with offices in Franklin Square pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 to conspiring to distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive painkiller, officials said.
Noel Blackman, 68, of Valley …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/31/16
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The shooting death of a Queens imam and his associate as they walked home from afternoon prayer on Aug. 13 in Ozone Park has left Long Island Muslims grief-stricken. While some leaders of local mosques fear that the incident — which activist groups say should be investigated as a hate crime — could lead to more violence against Muslims, they noted that they would continue...
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By Steve Smirti
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8/24/16
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) hosted a Substance Abuse Education Awareness Community Seminar at the Merrick Library on July 28. Curran, who had hosted two previous seminars with …
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BY Nakeem Grant
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8/11/16
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Nassau County Police Department officials nabbed serial burglars in Wantagh eariler this summer, they said.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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8/10/16
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Nassau County is in talks to enter a two-year contract with a financial adviser to study a potential public-private partnership for the county’s sewage system, which some officials believe could help mitigate the burden of 10 years of sewage debts.
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By Nick Ciccone
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8/10/16
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Dean and Adam Skelos have scored a victory in their bid to stay out of prison while they appeal their corruption convictions.
On Aug. 4, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood granted the father and …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/5/16
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A New York State appeals court has officially disbarred former State Sen. Dean Skelos, who was found guilty of corruption in December.
Last week, the Second Judicial Department Appellate Division in Brooklyn formally took Skelos off the list of attorneys as a result of his felony conviction.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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7/29/16
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Wantagh and Seaford residents have been scouring local parks, libraries and streets for monsters all week — virtual ones, that is.
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By Rebecca Anderson and Briana Bonfiglio
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7/19/16
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As his kitchen television silently aired CNN’s footage of the chaos the day after five white Dallas police officers were killed by a black sniper during a peaceful demonstration, Malvernite and New York City Police Detective Steven McDonald was listening to a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, made nearly 50 years ago, on the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/12/16
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The following is the text of Robert F. Kennedy's speech, given at the Cleveland City Club on April 5, 1968:
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Courtesy: Library of Congress
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7/11/16
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