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A candidates forum held by the Woodmere Republican Club on July 22 bore two surprises: one — that, according to event organizers, the first debate for the Republican congressional primary between District 4 candidates Frank Scaturro and Nassau County Legislator Francis Becker (6th District)) spontaneously played out before the crowd — an audience that swelled to the point of spilling out the door of the community room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Library.
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7/28/10
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Starting later this summer, there will be no more levers for Nassau County voters to pull: The OPTical scan electronic voting system, complete with a feature called the AutoMark, is set to be used in both September's primaries and the general election in November.
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JEFF BESSEN
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7/28/10
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A question of political philosophy arose at the July 13 Lawrence Village meeting: Are political appointees who are competent and diligent worthy of reappointment -- if they have less than gold-star attendance?
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Lori Gross
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7/21/10
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Seeing the volume of traffic each day as he left Lawrence for the commute to his Manhattan law office 15 years ago spurred longtime resident, recent trustee and newly elected village Mayor Martin Oliner to become civically involved several years ago.
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Jeff Bessen
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7/9/10
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Sometimes, words are not enough. Even though words are my business, there are so many others who said it better about the life and passing of their -- and my -- beloved Mayor Ed Sieban. So instead, I put together a montage of photos and short videos of the mayor "in action." I hope you like it.
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Mary Malloy
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7/8/10
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Residents, friends and family members are grieving over the loss of East Rockaway Mayor Edward Sieban, who died unexpectedly on July 3 after a brief stay at Winthrop University Hospital. Sieban was 49. The cause of death was acute pancreatitis.
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Mary Malloy
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7/3/10
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A jurisdictional loophole will allow the Hewlett-Woodmere School District to carry out plans to transform wooded land adjacent to the historic Hewlett House into a parking lot — without seeking permits. A permit request, had it been sought, from the State Education Department to make changes to the land would have triggered an investigation by the state's Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation office.
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Lori Gross
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6/30/10
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A robocall voiced by Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel led some voters to believe they had an extra hour to vote in the Lawrence Village election, which took place on June 15.
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Lori Gross
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6/29/10
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A philosopher once said that “the two greatest professions for which there is no formal training are politics and motherhood.”
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Jerry Kremer
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6/29/10
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Lynbrook resident Francis X. Becker, Jr., legislator for Nassau County’s 6th district, has announced his run for a congressional seating in the 4th district, now held by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy.
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6/17/10
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