The video is heart-wrenching. One by one, parents explain how their child drowned, holding their pictures and saying their names. It’s part of a public service announcement . . .
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4/27/23
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Pre-kindergarten students in the Lawrence School District received an up close and personal look from volunteer firefighters of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department to mark Fire Prevention Week now in its 100th year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/28/22
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It has been weeks since an alleged lone gunmen walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, shooting and killing 19 children and two adults. Since then, the tragedy’s aftershocks — …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/7/22
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FirstNet, Built with AT&T, has donated $110,000 to the Nassau County Police Department Foundation so it can renovate and refurbish its Safety Town education facility in East Meadow.
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STAFF REPORT
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6/30/22
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Schools are supposed to be safe and open places for young minds to grow. Open is one thing, but safe?
After a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, …
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By Juan Lasso
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6/10/22
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How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on.
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8/5/21
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It is getting to that time when the warm summer rays will beam down on the grill roasting some summer favorites; like hot dogs, burgers and sausages.
But in order to keep the summer barbecues fun, and tasty, residents should practice some easy precautions. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael F. Uttaro, among other fire officers, gathered at the Nassau County Public Safety Center in Westbury, that houses the Fire Marshal’s Office, on Friday to encourage residents to practice fire safety this summer.
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By Jennifer Corr
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5/31/21
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The East Meadow School District adopted a district-wide safety plan last August, but the district is now required by law to establish protocols to protect itself from another threat, a communicable disease. That plan was adopted at the March 3 Board of Education meeting.
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By Jennifer Corr
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3/11/21
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Listening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then . . .
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12/17/20
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After Elmont residents have spent years demanding safer conditions on Dutch Broadway, Nassau County Department of Public Works crews began milling the road for repaving on Nov. 11. It is just the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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11/17/20
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