When our Founding Fathers sat down to create the Constitution, they decided it would be best to devise a system of checks and balances in order to guard the people against tyranny.
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3/6/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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Q: My town is overrun by signs that people have posted with information about garage sales, missing pets, fundraisers, etc. Are there any laws governing what can be posted publicly?
A: As every town, city and village has …
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By A. Thomas Levin
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12/19/13
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Faced with rising operating costs, hospital units that lose money and a need for space, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the only remaining hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula since last year’s closing of the Peninsula Hospital Center, is taking measures that administrators hope will keep it a viable facility that serves more than 110,000 residents including many in the Five Towns and Queens.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/21/13
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The Long Island Power Authority is a nonprofit municipal electric utility that has operated in some capacity on Long Island for over 25 years. For as long as I can remember, LIPA has been about as popular as a root canal.
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6/13/13
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Hurricane Sandy taught us many things, but one lesson is clear: The health — good or bad — of an area’s business community has a direct effect on residents’ quality of life.
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11/23/12
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Polls in New York State closed at 9 p.m, but it wasn't until just after 2 a.m. that the final results of ballots cast in voting machines in Nassau County were available.
Nassau incumbents held …
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By Alex Costello
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11/7/12
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In what Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence administrators are calling a promising development for students with disabilities, the New York State Board of Regents has created a new option to help those students earn a regular high school diploma.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/17/12
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Since the closing of Peninsula Hospital Center in March, the nearly 107-year-old St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is now the only hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula, and it is doing its best to accommodate increased patient volume.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/31/12
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To the Editor:
I recently read in –– where else? –– the Merrick and Bellmore Heralds that Senior Editor Scott Brinton took home first place for Best Column in the New York Press Association’s annual clips contest, as well as third place for column writing in the Local Media Association’s clips competition. I would like to offer my congratulations for these prestigious honors.
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4/13/12
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