Retirement should be a worry-free, fulfilling time of life. But as people age, needs start to change, and challenges set in.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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8/23/12
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Hundreds of people gathered at Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola on July 6, rallying for the reinstatement of contracts and funds that the county cut for youth programs and substance-abuse treatment agencies.
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By Brian Croce
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7/11/12
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Politics ain’t beanbag, the old saying goes. To get what they want, politicians make quid pro quo agreements and try to force deals all the time, all in the name of accomplishing what they think is best for their constituency.
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6/14/12
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The number of American armed service members who have died in our major wars — the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam and the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq — now stands at 1,247,920.
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5/24/12
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Disgraceful. That pretty much sums up the performance of our federal government in recent weeks.
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4/26/12
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In a new “pledge” to commuters, the Long Island Rail Road promises to respond quickly and improve communication during service disruptions.
The eight-point pledge, released in draft …
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Lee Landor
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10/26/11
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Following the arrest last week of Freeport resident Nicole Garcia, a Nassau County Department of Social Services welfare examiner, for diverting funds to clients’ benefit cards, costing the DSS more than $29,000.00, County Executive Ed Mangano announced on Oct. 14 that the DSS Office of Investigations discovered additional individuals attempting to defraud taxpayers — most recently discovering elaborate schemes to cheat the system out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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By Jackie Nash
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10/19/11
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The cost of a monthly Long Island Rail Road pass from West Hempstead to Manhattan is $223. From Rockville Centre, it’s $254. For that amount of money, LIRR commuters should not have to sit in …
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Lee Landor
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10/19/11
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and the Town Board honored 15 Nassau County police officers and 10 village police officers at a ceremony on Sept. 20 at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion at Town …
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10/12/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced the town’s proposed 2012 budget last Friday, heralding it as a spending plan that would freeze taxes at 2011 levels without making cuts in …
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Alex Costello
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10/5/11
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