South Valley Stream residents, represented by Jeff Toback in the Nassau County Legislature for 10 years, could be served by him again — this time in the state Assembly. Toback has entered the Democratic primary against incumbent Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, vying for the seat Weisenberg has held for two decades.
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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June will go down in history as the month in which Governor Paterson divorced himself from his uneasy relationship with the state Legislature and took over all of its powers and duties in order to …
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Jerry Kremer
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7/14/10
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Legislation banning drop-side cribs passed in both houses of the State Legislature on Friday. A fatal design flaw in drop-side cribs killed two Bellmore-Merrick infants.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/29/10
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After a decade as state assemblyman in the 14th District, Bob Barra announced that he will not seek a sixth term. He cited health concerns as the reason for his decision.
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Mike Russo
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5/26/10
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The question of how involved Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick has been in talks with the Chinese Zhondge Group to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport has been a point of concern among local residents since news of the proposal broke last month.
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Scott Brinton
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5/13/10
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Bidders give Valley Stream school a boost
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Going once.... going twice... sold. That was heard often at the Valley Stream Christian Academy’s annual auction last Friday night. Proceeds were raised for the school, which is part of the Bethlehem Assembly of God on Fairview Avenue.
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3/17/10
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Words of hope for Haiti
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Bethlehem Assembly of God in Valley Stream hosted a “Keep Hope Alive for Haiti” benefit concert last Friday night at the Coral House in Baldwin.
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2/10/10
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"This isn’t cocaine. This isn’t a Saturday-Sunday drug. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bill Flanagan, the Nassau County Police Department’s second deputy commissioner, told the assembly of 20 elected leaders, law enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at Levittown Public Library on Thursday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/21/10
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As Haiti struggles to dig out of the rubble caused by last week’s devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Haitian families in Valley Stream are desperately trying to reach their loved ones to make sure they’re safe.
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Anthony Bottan and Andrew Hackmack
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1/20/10
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In a ceremony on Nov. 15 at the Bethlehem Assembly of God in Valley Stream, brothers Charles and Michael Sanky have earned what few boys their age have ever done — the Gold Medal of Achievement from the Royal Rangers.
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Mary Malloy
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12/2/09
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