Not even retirement can slow down Peter King. After 28 years in the U.S. House — including a two-year stint as chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — as well as more than two decades serving on both the Hempstead town council and as Nassau County comptroller, King finds himself busier than ever.
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By Michael Hinman
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2/2/23
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It was like having security cameras in every room of a house but one. That’s how Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone described to reporters the decentralized, hodgepodge security infrastructure of the county’s computer network . . .
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2/2/23
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Nassau County may have illegally declared a state of emergency for cybersecurity — a declaration that was not even known until revealed in a letter to a reporter by a county …
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By Mark Nolan
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2/2/23
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Malverne High School students were credited with leading the charge to change the century-old name of a local street, which had been dedicated to a former Ku Klux Klansman.
The street formerly …
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By Mark Nolan
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2/2/23
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January is National Blood Donor Month, first established a half-century ago. And it’s a good thing that declaration stuck, because blood is often in short supply, as it is today . . .
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1/26/23
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When I was growing up, it was hard not to notice the numbers tattooed on her wrist. Children are often very observant, and I was curious about what they meant.
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By Daniel Offner
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1/26/23
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Nassau County Legislator John J. Guiffrè had a novel idea while driving recently. He stopped his vehicle and waited as a pedestrian was getting ready to cross the road at a lighted crosswalk. …
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By Mark Nolan
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1/26/23
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The Chestnut Street School in West Hempstead has a new leader — temporarily.
Lisa Minicozzi was named the elementary school’s interim principal during the Jan. 17 board of education …
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By Mark Nolan
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1/26/23
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The Malverne School District recently celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., awarding two district leaders with humanitarian awards in his name.
Malverne High …
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By Mark Nolan
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1/19/23
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New York has lost Oyster Bay. Well, more accurately, the state has lost 300,000 people — the town’s population — in just a single year.
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1/19/23
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