The Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains . . .
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11/25/21
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New York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power.
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11/18/21
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If Election Day 2021 proved anything, it’s that Long Island voters shouldn’t be taken for granted.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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11/11/21
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How is my son, Jason, like a McDonald’s quarter-pounder?
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10/28/21
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Hispanics are Nassau County’s fastest-growing ethnic population, County Executive Laura Curran noted in mid-September, the start of Hispanic Heritage Month . . .
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10/7/21
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Hundreds of spectators from aross Long Island gathered for the annual clam-eating comtest hosted by Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park last Sunday. The friendly competition returned after it was …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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8/20/21
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The Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality.
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By Alan Singer
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8/19/21
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The New York state political scene has been turned upside down by the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. No political wizard could have predicted that he would give up this job after so many years . . .
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8/12/21
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Plans to construct a wind farm in the ocean 15 miles south of Jones Beach will undoubtedly be met with opposition. The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association has already weighed in against the project . . .
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7/29/21
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After my June 17-23 column, “The census is a wealth of enlightening information,” was published, I got to talking with my friend Carly Hurdle about how fertility rates are affected by race . . .
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By Robert A. Scott and Carly Hurdle
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7/22/21
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