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Next month, voters who are affiliated with a political party will head to the polls to decide on the candidates who will appear on the November ballot, for the U.S. House of Representatives. In September they’ll have to head back to the voting booths . . .
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5/29/14
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Who wouldn’t be excited about the three-day weekend coming up — it’s the unofficial start of summer, right? Barbecues abound, public beaches are opening, and we all have an extra day to relax.
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5/22/14
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With two seats up for grabs on the Seaford Board of Education in Tuesday’s election, incumbent Brian Fagan is running against Stacie Stark and Patrick Martz.
Experience is on Fagan’s side. He …
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5/15/14
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In Wantagh, two school board seats are open, and Ann-Marie Sturniolo and Michael Cucci are running unopposed.
Sturniolo has lived in Wantagh since 1980, and she is the mother of three Wantagh …
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5/15/14
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As Tuesday’s budget vote approaches, there are no major program cuts planned for the Wantagh, Seaford or Levittown school districts.
Battling declining enrollment as well as the increasing …
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5/15/14
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The Nassau County Legislature has decided to post transcripts of its public hearings dating back to 2005 online, along with videos of sessions going forward.
We can only say thank you, hallelujah –– and it’s about time.
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5/8/14
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At a news conference on April 16 at Nassau Community College, former U.S. Army Sgt. Kristopher Goldsmith, who received a general discharge after serving a tour in Iraq, spoke about the need not only for better mental health care for returning veterans . . .
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5/1/14
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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
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4/24/14
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New York State will be spending $137.9 billion of taxpayers’ money in the 2014-15 fiscal year. If you have a problem comprehending billions of dollars, maybe this will help: The budget that was …
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By George Rand
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4/22/14
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As part of the budget deal hammered out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office and the State Legislature last week, Cuomo dissolved the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption . . .
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4/17/14
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