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The holiday shopping season began with a headline-making tragedy last year: A 34-year-old temporary worker at the Valley Stream Walmart was killed when customers rushed the store at its 5 a.m. opening. Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death, and as the anniversary of this Black Friday incident approaches, our thoughts are with Damour’s family.
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11/19/09
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DWI and accountability To the Editor: I’m responding to Sari Zeidler article, "DWI, an unforgivable crime” (Nov. 5-11) part of her ongoing series from an offenders perspective, which …
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11/19/09
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Congratulations are in order to the Republicans who defeated incumbent Democrats in the county Legislature. The majority has now shifted to the GOP after the Democrats held it for 10 years.
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11/12/09
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For those of you who didn’t vote in last week’s election — and based on the numbers, that includes far too many of you — tsk tsk. You owe your neighbors and fellow taxpayers who did vote a thank-you for saving you from the status quo.
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Al D'Amato
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11/12/09
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As of Monday, Thomas Suozzi, Democrat from Glen Cove, was still the county executive. He apparently squeaked by in last week’s election. With 235,985 votes cast, Suozzi was a mere 237 votes ahead of Republican challenger Ed Mangano, a 14-year county legislator. The big question is, what the heck happened to Suozzi?
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Scott Brinton
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11/12/09
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I wish to make a modest proposal. Sometime in the next week, please write a letter. I want to prove that most of us have not lost the capacity and the will to compose our thoughts and commit them to paper, in our own hand, using a real pen.
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Randi Kreiss
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11/12/09
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Don’t be dead right To the Editor: With regard to issues with the number and location of stop signs and biking in Long Beach (“Dead man’s corner?, Oct. 8-14), let's instead explore …
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11/12/09
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Earlier this decade, when my nephew attended Oceanside Middle School, his teachers devoted a month to the Holocaust. He and his fellow eight-graders had to read a book, watch a movie and write several reports on this important subject.
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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11/5/09
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Often while speaking with a Long Beach local for any story I happen to be working on, they ask me, “Do you live in Long Beach?”
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ARIELLA MONTI
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11/5/09
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Stop-sign
crusade is needed
To the Editor:
While my neighbor Richard Boodman's signs may be controversial, there is no doubt that his ongoing efforts for a coordinated system of all-way …
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11/5/09
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