The state Department of Public Service will hold a series of virtual hearings later this month as part of a study that will look into the feasibility of municipalizing New York American Water, the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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2/16/21
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The new year is off to a promising start in the effort to eliminate housing discrimination, with significant actions taken by the federal and state governments. Those actions, and related ones that are brewing . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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2/11/21
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Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere was given a grant for more than $30,000 and the Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood was awarded roughly $14,500 through the CARES Act with the assistance of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat that represents the Five Towns.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/7/21
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With all the hullabaloo about the Supreme Court vacancy, the election and President Trump’s contracting Covid-19, the national media has largely overlooked a pressing matter before Congress that needs immediate attention.
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10/8/20
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It’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid-19. In the meantime, we must face the reality . . .
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8/14/20
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Lawrence Woodmere Academy furloughed 47 employees, a combination of administrators and teachers, as of June 8, because of the negative financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/16/20
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Our country is suffering through the worst health crisis since the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, and the worst economic crisis since the 1929 crash and subsequent Great Depression. Under a federal government emergency program dubbed Warp Speed . . .
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6/5/20
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Through donations from several South Shore residents, including Brian Rathjen of Rockville Centre, the Woodmere Fire Department received several protective masks that were delivered by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/27/20
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Let’s not mince words: The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, which was supposed to hurry loans to small businesses so they can make payroll and stay afloat, has been troubled from the start.
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4/23/20
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Sofia Di Scipio, 17, a Hewlett resident and a senior at Sacred Heart Academy, in Hempstead, has completed a science research project that she hopes will impact teenage girls around the world. Its …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/23/20
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