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New York is one of only two states that prosecutes non-violent 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin, is calling on state lawmakers to change that.
Legislator wants state to ‘raise the age’
Flanked by fellow Democratic lawmakers and representatives of Long Island nonprofit groups on Monday, Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, of Baldwin, called on the State Legislature to pass a measure that would “raise the age” of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18. more
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NICE bus route eliminated in Freeport
Eleven of the Nassau Inter-County Express or NICE bus routes were cut on Sunday despite last minute efforts by Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran to save them. Four of the eliminated routes are … more
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Joanne DeCroce, left, and Ronnie Thomas wrapped gifts at the Bethany House holiday party.
A holiday at Bethany House shelter
Several “human elves” turned up at Bethany House on Prospect Street in Baldwin last month to give Santa a hand with sorting and wrapping presents at the shelter’s holiday party. Organizer … more
The traditional ribbon-cutting included, from left, Omar Jorge of Compare Foods, his sister, Nathalie, mother, Ursula, in green, his brother Franky Jorge, manager of the new Gala Fresh Farms, holding the scissors with his wife Jamie behind him, Dean Janeway of Key Foods and his colleague, John Durante, behind him, and Jenny Jorge, sister of Franky and Omar, and Joseph Ponte of Island Park. Other well-wishers in the crowd included Msgr. Steven Camp of St. Christopher’s Church, Baldwin, the Rev. Fernanado Echeverri of Holy Name of Mary Church, Valley Stream, and Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran.
A Gala grand opening
Praise and excitement marked the grand opening of the new Gala Fresh Farms supermarket this weekend, with customers, business and community leaders, politicians, and even Santa Claus, turning out to … more
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Grand Avenue plan is an opportunity to advance Baldwin’s future
Let’s face it. Grand Avenue ain’t so grand. It has hundreds of accidents a year. Just two months ago, a ninth-grade girl was struck by a car while crossing Grand at Baldwin High School. Small … more
Philip Holder III reviews the maps of Grand Avenue at the meeting to discuss the “Complete Streets” study.
Grand questions about traffic study
The questions came fast and, often, furious when Nassau County engineers and experts at a public meeting last week unveiled their recommendations to regulate traffic along Grand Avenue. … more
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Senator Dean Skelos and others met with school district officials to discuss the governor’s education policies.
Legislators quizzed on governor’s Ed. policies
At a special meeting on March 6, the Rockville Centre Board of Education and administration voiced their concerns about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s education policies to local elected officials. more
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Former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a 2012 ceremony to rename the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, in honor of Cuomo’s predecessor, who appointed him New York’s secretary of state in 1975. He was joined by Carey’s son, Michael.
Bellmore-Merrick remembers Mario Cuomo
On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker. Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward. more
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County Legislator Laura Curran is sponsoring legislation that would direct more county contracts to veterans and active-duty service members who own local businesses. She introduced the Veteran Owned Business Act at a press conference at Baldwin American Legion Post 246 on Nov. 10, alongside veterans and Democratic legislators Carrie Solages, far left, and Dave Denenberg, second from right.
Curran bill would aid vet-owned businesses
On the eve of Veterans Day, a bill was introduced in the County Legislature that would direct more county contracts to veterans and active-duty service members who own local businesses. more
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Raise the smoking age to 21
Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is unhealthy. It’s a fact that smoking has immediate negative health consequences and that, over a prolonged period, it causes several different forms of cancer . . . more
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