There’s a perverse irony in the fact that negotiations about ethics reform in the corruption-stained state Capitol are conducted in secret. Time and again we’ve seen the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate majority leader . . .
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3/18/16
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It is surely a positive sign for our society that women are no longer celebrated only for the help they give men. For a long time now, women have been heroes in their own right . . .
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3/10/16
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Well: Every Republican who has won both the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries, like Donald Trump just did, went on to win the party’s nomination. Improbably and against all odds, Donald J. Trump is now . . .
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2/25/16
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During his first term in office, Bill Clinton was earning good grades as president, proving to be a masterful politician and a great communicator-in-chief. He was . . .
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1/14/16
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Nearly 30 volunteers representing six local organizations took the time last Sunday to collect more than two dumpsters of trash from North Woodmere Park.
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11/11/15
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On Nov. 3, registered voters in Nassau County can vote in the general election. Even though high school students are too young to vote, they are approaching voting age — 18 — and simultaneously learning about the government in school.
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Alison Hagen
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10/28/15
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Brian Culbertson crosses musical genres in his dynamic concert this weekend.
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10/7/15
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After meeting with several inmates during his historic visit to a federal prison in July, President Obama remarked, “What is normal is young people make mistakes,” and added that the only difference between the inmates and most Americans is the resources and social support structures available to those who aren’t in prison.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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9/30/15
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Labor Day isn’t far behind us, but we all know how time flies. Soon enough it will be November, and Election Day. All the political talk thus far . . .
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9/17/15
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NCJW hosts student school shopping
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Up to 650 children shopped for items such as notebooks, winter jackets and sneakers at the third annual National Council of Jewish Women’s Peninsula and South Shore sections’ Back 2 School Store at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook last Sunday.
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8/5/15
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