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It’s been a bittersweet year for the Antonino Scolieri of Franklin Square’s famous A&S Bagels. After a fire tore through the beloved 24-hour bagel bakery in April, people from far and wide lamented what they thought would be the long-term loss of a local institution. Franklin Square residents and the Scolieri family proved that you can’t keep a good businessman down, however, as A&S Bagels was back up and running in May after a layoff of less than a month.
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Matthew Hampton
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10/22/09
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Sewanhaka celebrates four holidays at once
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Sewanhaka High School's "Holiday" Homecoming theme was a weekend-long celebration for students of all ages.
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Matthew Hampton
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10/22/09
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The race for Nassau County district attorney pits one-term Democratic incumbent Kathleen Rice, a former federal prosecutor and Brooklyn assistant district attorney, against Republican Joy Watson, a former assistant Nassau County district attorney who is now a law clerk for a county Supreme Court justice.
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Scott Brinton
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10/22/09
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Essential services and property taxes are often in the forefront of the issues in the Town of Hempstead, but in this year’s race for supervisor, the rhetoric has shifted toward the proposed …
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Mike Caputo
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10/22/09
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In what is becoming an increasingly bitter, partisan battle, Nassau County Legislator Ed Mangano, a Republican, is challenging incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi for the county executive’s seat.
The race appears to boil down to three key issues: property taxes, a recently imposed 2.5 percent energy tax and the county’s troubled property-tax assessment system.
Mangano is challenging Suozzi’s handling of all three issues, while Suozzi fires back that the county has consistently balanced its budget while improving its bond rating, which reduces the interest the county must pay when it bonds money for any number of projects.
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Scott Brinton
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10/22/09
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In the race for Hempstead town clerk, incumbent Mark Bonilla, a Republican, is being challenged by political newcomer Anthony Rattoballi, a Democrat.
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Nancy Hiler
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10/15/09
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In the 8th District this year, voters have a choice between a man they’ve come to know as their legislator for more than a decade and an untested challenger.
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by Matthew Hampton
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10/15/09
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For residents of Nassau County, dealing with the county clerk is something that needs to be done only sparingly — when registering a business, closing on a home or filing litigation. But thousands of people use the services of the office every day, and while it is politically low-profile, it is vital to the county’s operations.
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by Matthew Hampton
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10/15/09
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Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Bellmore Family Street Festival, sponsored by the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce, has been postponed, and has been rescheduled for the weekend of Oct. 24-25.
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10/14/09
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After the television show “Inside Edition” aired an episode last March underscoring the risks of students driving during school days, officials in the Valley Stream Central High School District began reevaluating its own student-driving policy.
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Anthony Bottan
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10/8/09
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