Due to construction on Maple Avenue, the route of the annual St. Patrick’s Parade had to change. The parade, on March 22, will now head off north of Maple Avenue to Grand Avenue, before turning …
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3/7/14
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Making good on Pope Benedict XVI’s promise to appoint three auxiliary bishops to the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Andrzej Zglejszewski to the position on Feb. …
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By John Maher
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2/19/14
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Visitors to Hempstead Lake State Park this winter may find themselves feeling a bit more patriotic, should they chance across one of the three bald eagles that have taken up residence.
Two adult …
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By John Maher
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1/16/14
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Mary Lou Murray, the wife of former Rockville Centre Mayor Gene Murray and the mother of the current mayor, Francis Murray, died on Monday. She was 84.
Murray was known for always being by her …
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By Alex Costello
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12/4/13
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A Rockville Centre man was arrested last week and charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from two nonprofits that raise money for special-needs children, and two women for whom he acted as …
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By Alex Costello
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10/9/13
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Maxwell Sherman, the 18-year-old former Rockville Centre resident who is accused of murdering Lauren Daverin-Gresham on Aug. 22, was indicted by a grand jury in Nassau County Criminal Court last …
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By Alex Costello
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9/4/13
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Long-suffering Long Islanders may soon see some additional Hurricane Sandy rebuild relief from the Federal Government.
A new program funded by Federal Supplemental …
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By Amanda McKelvey
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7/24/13
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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano recently appointed Joan MacNaughton to serve as Lead Ambassador for Cultural Arts in Nassau County.
MacNaughton’s career work has always been …
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6/5/13
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My column “New York’s exploding pension crises” caught the attention of a family friend living near the City of San Bernardino, in California. He suggested I read a column published in The …
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Hal Peterson
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3/13/13
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Consider the following recent radio commercial: A vacuum roars in the background. Then comes a women’s voice. “You hear that? “It’s the sound of money and jobs being sucked right out of our state, with New Yorkers going to Connecticut and Atlantic City to gamble.”
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By Hal Peterson
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9/27/12
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