Teachers and administrators in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have agreed to voluntarily freeze their salaries for the 2011-12 academic year in order to avoid further budget cuts and preserve student programs. In all, the wage freeze will save the district $840,000, according to Central officials.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/25/11
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“This oil spill is the beginning of the end of an era” of fossil fuel dependence, said North Merrick Civic Association President Claudia Borecky, referring to the British Petroleum gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that has, since April, leaked an estimated 140 million gallons of crude oil, poisoned billions of gallons of seawater and freshwater wetlands, and killed untold numbers of wildlife.
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Scott Brinton
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6/27/10
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has rejected a plan to build a liquified natural gas terminal 13 miles off the shore of Long Beach.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/29/10
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Twenty-two people, including two Bellmore men and one Bellmore woman, were arrested last Tuesday and early Wednesday morning and charged in connection with a nationwide quaalude trafficking and distribution ring that went from Baldwin to Brooklyn to California.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/15/10
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They line up every day inside an off-white office resembling a trailer across the street from the Long Beach Medical Center: two neat rows of average-looking people, waiting patiently, as if they are there to buy a cup of coffee from the local deli.
But they are there to save their lives.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/14/10
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The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently.
Then, snap!
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Scott Brinton
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3/26/10
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