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'Princesses Long Island,' a first look
especially as her younger sister prepares for her wedding.Class tensions rankle just below the surface too. Joey, from Freeport, is very nearly scornful of her Gold Coast pals: "A lot of girls in Long Island are part of the lucky sperm club. I'm so far from Read more »
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Democratic lawmakers: Mangano nominated wrong people for jail board
have seen appointments that were more representative of the people of Nassau County," said Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D- Freeport ). "Instead the county executive has chosen to mask the problems with appointments that will not really present the truth Read more »
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800 attend Freeport Village peace march
for something that is positive," said lifelong Freeport resident Maryam Muhammad, 30, who walked with her daughter, second-grader Nyla Brown, 8. "There is trouble everywhere you go, but there are people who stand for peace and are good."The village of 42,860 Read more »
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DA: Jury convicts Jerod Plowden in Freeport slaying
25 years to life in prison after a Nassau jury convicted him in the 2011 slaying of a robbery victim outside an abandoned Freeport house, prosecutors said Friday.It took the jury two days to convict Jerod Plowden, 25, of St. Albans, of second-degree murder Read more »
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Nassau pols request records from public works commissioner
public works contracts and subcontracts with companies "whose owners, officers or employees have a familial relationship" with any county employee.The letter followed a Newsday story that reported neither Shah-Gavnoudias nor her sister, Carolyn Shah Moehringer, Read more »
Around the web
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Mayor Kennedy talks LIRR with officials
Presently, the video from the cameras on the platform can be viewed only by the MTA in Jamaica, who then call the Freeport police to alert them of any problem. He also noted that Freeport police spent 55 hours between March 15 and April 15 in patrolling the from Merrick Life - L&M Publications Read more »
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It Takes Two: Up Close with Librarians Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna
& Shaker Margaux DelGuidice, who shares duties with fellow honoree Rose Luna at the Freeport Memorial Library in Long Island, NY. “You name it, they have a program for it. It’s really incredible all that the public library does. It offers so much—it’s really from Library Journal Read more »
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Long Island Cares Hurricane Sandy Relief
center in Freeport. Long Island Cares is a member agency of the Food Bank Association of New York State and Feeding America. Long Island Cares, Inc. is recognized by the NYS Department of Health and the USDA as the regional food bank for Long Island. from Dee Snider Read more »
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Reopening Ceremony Held For Long Island’s Nautical Mile
N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – One of Long Island’s more popular summer hot spots has largely recovered from superstorm Sandy devastation and is ready for the big summer crowds. Town officials were on hand to accept $1.3 million in grant money from the National Grid, from CBS New York Read more »
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NICE Announces Jones Beach Bus Service
n88, after major concert events at the the Nikon Jones Beach Theater. View schedules here. The non-stop n88 departing from Freeport LIRR station to the Jones Beach State Park’s two Bathhouses and the Central Mall.The new n87 departing from Hicksville LIRR from Glen Cove Patch Read more »