Q: Why am I reading and hearing so much lately about estate and gift taxes?A: The favorable estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax changes that were put in place …
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By Patricia Galteri
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11/21/12
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When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it inundated thousands of South Shore yards with saltwater, which is awful for lawns and most plants. Over the past 4½ months, homeowners have watched helplessly as their hydrangeas have shriveled up, their boxwoods have turned rust-colored and their grass has become a mottled patch of brown and more brown. In many cases, years’ worth of yard work, valued at thousands of dollars, was seemingly destroyed in a single night.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/14/13
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The11518 organization has organized a candlelit reflection ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the storm that changed the lives of many people. On Tues., Oct. at 7 p.m., community …
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10/24/13
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Melanie Siegel Rubin’s south Merrick home was, like hundreds of homes across the South Shore, flooded when Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29. Saltwater inundated the front entrance and back laundry room. She did not realize, however, that water had soaked through her plywood subfloor when her crawl space flooded.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/1/13
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Bound by blood and a mutual love of American roots music, the Bacon Brothers have spent the past quarter-century in a creative whirl, funneling their shared DNA into their unique sound that crosses genres. They call that sound “Forosoco” — a blend of folk, rock, soul and country influences, delivered by two songwriters who were born to collaborate — and it’s taken the siblings across the world.
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By Karen Bloom
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6/21/23
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Finding a home for the purr-fect pet
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Residents came out last weekend to help many furry friends find a new home.
Pet Supplies Plus, on Long Beach Road in Oceanside, is home to Kitty Cove, a pet adoption center. Additionally, the …
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8/18/10
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Oceanside students who are considering a teaching career got a wonderful opportunity to take a deep look at the profession on Oct. 25.
About 75 students from Oceanside High School, Oceanside …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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11/3/23
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No, no, no — this isn’t a New Year’s resolution column. Go somewhere else for that — I’m sure plenty of people are writing about that subject this week.
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Mary Malloy
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1/4/10
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Thank you, everyone, for your congratulatory calls and emails to me for this column taking first place in its category of “Best Column Writing” in the Suburban Newspapers of America contest for 2010. This week, I’m re-running one of my favorite columns that ran in March, 2009.
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Mary Malloy
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3/30/11
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Q. I operate a small family business in Nassau County. We pay all of our workers as independent contractors, but I am not clear on the distinctions between employees and independent contractors. What …
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By Lois Carter Schlissel
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9/27/12
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