President Obama was officially sworn in for his second term on Sunday, and the inauguration festivities got under way early on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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1/24/13
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Hofstra University's alumni theater company returns to the stage with Stephen Sondheim's look at contemporary life and relationships. Other weekend higlights include the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company's annual gala concert and the Riverhead Foundation's winter seal cruises.
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1/9/13
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Undecided women voters, especially on Long Island, came into sharp focus during the Hofstra presidential debate.
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10/24/12
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Go beyond the call of the wild when prehistoric creatures appear in the area this weekend. Or check out our seals who winter in our waters during one of the Riverhead Foundation's seal cruises out of Freeport. If you prefer to stay indoors, Lynbrook-based Plaza Theatrical Productions offers Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" at its Bellmore stage.
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1/18/12
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Frank Baum's world of Oz comes alive this weekend when Los Angeles-based Louise Reichlin & Dancers brings its acclaimed multi-media dance production to the East Coast for the first time, with a performance at Long Island Children's Museum. Other options for weekend fun include a seal cruise offered by the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, and an operatic revue with singer-actress Naomi Zeitlin.
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1/4/12
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Veolia Transportation Inc. recently signed a contract to take over operation of Long Island Bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Nassau County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the agreement before it is submitted to the county Legislature for a vote, but members of New York Public Interest Research Group Fund want the details now
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/31/11
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Dozens of people, including Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino, came out to Lady of America of West Hempstead on March 26 to participate in the fitness center's fifth annual Ab Crunch …
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3/30/11
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To the Editor:
As a Muslim American, I particularly enjoyed Scott Brinton’s column on American perceptions of Muslims, “When perception is reality in the Muslim world” (Sept. 16-22).
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Zachary Ibrahim
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10/4/10
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In 1992, at the end of my second term in the Senate, I was approached by several courageous women from Long Island. They sat me down in my Senate conference room and brought to my attention that Long Island was producing higher-than-average rates of breast cancer.
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Al D'Amato
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12/17/09
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Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
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Scott Brinton
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11/26/09
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