Q. I’m so confused. I keep seeing programs on TV where it looks much simpler and the cost is so much lower than I’m getting estimates for. I also notice that there are no building inspectors, architects or permits. Why is this?
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Q. We have a problem we’re trying to resolve with the height and shape of our roof. We hired an architect after we hired a designer. The architect insists he will not draw our plans so we can have a tall attic.
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Q. I wonder why I can’t seem to get a fire to burn properly in my chimney. All I get is smoke in the room. I’ve had the flue checked and know that the damper is working correctly . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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1/15/21
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Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters.
Instead, …
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By James Bernstein
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1/14/21
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Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, will bring much-needed change in our country. President-elect Joe Biden has made controlling the coronavirus pandemic a priority, and for the first time, the incoming administration . . .
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By Martine Hackett
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1/14/21
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I spent last Wednesday afternoon scurrying up and down the stairs at home, rushing between my desk upstairs and the TV downstairs. I flipped between CNN, MSNBC and Fox, my pulse, as measured by my watch, racing faster as the afternoon went on.
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1/14/21
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Melanie R. Keveles died on Nov. 25 in Duluth, Minn., and was laid to rest next to her parents, Abraham and Natalie Shenkman, on Long Island.
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1/14/21
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Decades before Lynbrook’s dirt roads were paved with macadam and asphalt, they were covered with oyster shells.
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By Art Mattson
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1/14/21
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Dec. 14, pharmacist Anthony Longo said, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/14/21
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I have seen my share of heart-stopping headlines. In The New York Times, I read “MEN WALK ON MOON,” “NIXON RESIGNS,” “U.S. ATTACKED” . . .
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1/14/21
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