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Charles Fuschillo Jr., chairman of the Senate TransportatioN Committee
Senate: New York needs stiffer penalties for drivers who pass school buses
Every day, nearly 50,000 vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses in New York state. According to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee 2009 report, 69 students were injured between 2002 and 2004 by motorists illegally passing buses. One student was killed. more
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The West Hempstead Board of Education is forming a Space Utilization Committee to generate ideas on how the school district can use empty space at the Eagle Avenue School, which Nassau BOCES will be vacating in June 2013.
New West Hempstead committee in the works
The West Hempstead Board of Education is forming a Space Utilization Committee to garner public input on how the school district can use empty space at the Chestnut Street School — formerly home to … more
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Regina Adolphus, left, of West Hempstead, and Tommi Smith, of Elmont, showed their disapproval of the police department’s realignment plan.
Police commissioner proposes revised precincts
The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote. more
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Nassau County PBA President James Carver spoke out on Tuesday against Mangano's plan to transform four Nassau police precincts into Community Policing Centers.
Locals rally against Mangano's precinct plan
Dozens of local residents, including several county legislators, rallied on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m., at the 5th Precinct in Elmont, against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to transform four of Nassau County’s eight police precincts, including the Fifth Precinct in Elmont, into Community Policing Centers. Mangano said the plan, which was announced on Jan. 30, is expected to save the county $20 million annually. more
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Edward Andres, Seabrook Kilfoyle, Kelsey Clabby, Hailey Wilcox, Annie Coogan, Nicole Targia and Alyssa Pallotta, all 11, at a Save Sacred Heart candle-lit vigil in Merrick in December.
Sacred Heart parents plan rally to save school
Parents at the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick are planning to rally at the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Saturday, Jan. 21, to protest the closing of six Long Island Catholic schools in June. more
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Matthew Tomitz, a Boy Scout with West Hempstead Troop 240, painted over bricks covered in graffiti last Saturday. He and about a dozen other volunteers from local organizations joined the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce’s beautification committee to clean up a vacant property on Hempstead Turnpike.
Volunteers paint and clean vacant W.H. property
West Hempstead is getting made over one step at a time. The local Chamber of Commerce launched a beautification community that undertook, as one of its first projects, the cleanup of a vacant … more
The West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce has formed a beautification committee that will work to clean up unsightly graffiti and other eyesores throughout the hamlet.
Cleanup by committee: W.H. Chamber group targets hamlet's messes large and small
Karl Riesterer has a large binder filled with photos of storefronts, telephone poles, mailboxes, fences and vacant properties throughout West Hempstead that are, in one way or another, … more
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West Hempstead residents are waiting for the county to complete renovations at Hall’s Pond Park. They expect the park to open in the next two months.
Hall's Pond renovations near completion
West Hempstead organizations had to scale back their annual Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony this year — the year they had planned a special event in honor of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The … more
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The REACT committee
Bringing laughter back to kids with cancer
Richner Communication’s new program REACT — Richner Employees Assisting Communities Together — has chosen Sunrise Day Camp as its 2011 beneficiary. Throughout the year, through stories and photos, the Herald will focus on this wonderful organization. For more information about Sunrise Day Camp, its summer and year-round programs and upcoming fundraisers, visit www.sunrisedaycamp.org more
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Douglas Melzer
Elected chair of Long Island Hospital Council
Merrick resident and CEO of Long Beach Medical Center Douglas Melzer was recently named chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, the association that represents Long Island’s 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals. His two-year term will expire in June 2012. The CEOs from each of the member hospitals comprise the board of directors. more
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