Every day, it seems like our country is going further and further down the toilet. Violence, hatred, greed, partisanship tearing us apart: where did we go wrong?
I was thinking it over, and I …
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Alex Costello
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9/28/11
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As many on the South Shore still struggle to recover from Hurricane Irene, it’s important to know that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is still here to help residents.
FEMA, along with …
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Alex Costello
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9/28/11
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Last week, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced a plan to close a projected deficit of more than $300 million in the 2012 budget through layoffs and reforms, bringing about the first budget reduction in years.
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Alex Costello
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9/21/11
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By ALEX COSTELLO
Last week, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced a plan to close a projected deficit of more than $300 million in the 2012 budget through layoffs and reforms, bringing …
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Alex Costello
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9/21/11
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Bees and mosquitoes were everywhere on the South Shore after Irene had passed, and many residents were left scratching their heads — along with their arms and legs — about why there was a sudden …
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Alex Costello
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9/7/11
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Because of severe mosquito outbreaks recently, the Nassau County Department of Health recently upped its mosquito surveillance program and started spraying to protect the health of residents from mosquito-borne infections such as West Nile virus.
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By David Weingrad and Alex Costello
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9/2/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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On July 8, the final U.S. space shuttle mission — officially referred to as STS-135, but commonly known by the shuttle’s name, Atlantis — lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a pillar of smoke and fire. Atlantis, and all its kin, are among the greatest feats of human engineering that the world has ever seen. But it’s time to move on.
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7/21/11
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County Executive Edward Mangano released the details of the lease agreement he negotiated with Islanders owner Charles Wang on June 22, five and a half weeks before residents’ Aug. 1 vote on a $350 …
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Alex Costello
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6/29/11
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It took slightly less than the two months that the recipe called for, but after many weeks of waiting, my mead — that golden nectar of the gods — is finally finished. And boy, does it pack a …
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Alex Costello
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6/8/11
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