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• Town OKs rezoning in Oceanside for condos

  16 units on the first parcel, a vacant 42,700-square-foot plot with fair market value of $846,200, according to the Nassau County Assessment Department. The property was sold to the hospital for $500,000 in 2009.The EPH Group proposes building four 2 1/2-story 2/12/12 Read more »

• Nassau panels to vote on precinct plan

  County Executive Edward Mangano's plan to realign the county's eight police precincts faces its first test Monday as it comes before three legislative committees for a vote.The Rules, Finance and Public Safety committees will vote on the proposal after a public 2/12/12 Read more »

• Skimming device found at Carle Place ATM

  the device was found.Police ask anyone who used the ATM at that branch to check their statements for any fraudulent charges.Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. Calls are kept confidential. 2/12/12 Read more »

• Cooldown Lap: Millrose Games Edition

  by more than 10 seconds over second place. They also broke their own meet record by more than 22 seconds, reclaimed the Nassau County record that North Shore had broken earlier in the week, and set the top 4x800 time in the U.S.all in one fell swoop.Add in 2/12/12 Read more »

• Dangerous crossings: Hempstead Turnpike

  between cars and pedestrians plays out more violently and more often along Hempstead Turnpike's 16 miles through Nassau County than anywhere else on Long Island .Pedestrians are killed an average of more than five times a year, according to a Newsday analysis   Read more »

Around the web

• Skimming Devices Discovered at 2 LI Gas Stations

  County police are investigating the discovery of skimming devices at two gas stations in Roslyn and Greenvale. Detectives said the discovery was made after a man contacted the Golf Gas Station on Northern Boulevard in Roslyn after he noticed fraudulent charges   from Long Island Press Read more »

• Light Snow Falls on Long Island

  trying to make some snow angels. Long Islanders woke up to light patches of snow on the ground Saturday morning, with most of Nassau and Suffolk counties seeing less than ½ inch of snow. Earlier in the week, forecasters said up to 6 inches of snow was possible,   from Long Island Press Read more »

• B-Mets deny sale of team to Ottawa

  -- The first report came in June: the Binghamton Mets were leaving town, bound for Nassau County. The next report was in October: this time, the destination was Ottawa. That report was repeated in November. And again on Friday. And Friday was the tipping point   from Binghamton Press Read more »

• NICE To Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Service Changes; No ‘Customer Advisory Committee’ Yet

  riders on Nassau County’s new Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus system gave advocates a heads up that the new operator is planning on holding a public meeting to discuss “NICE Bus Service and Proposed Service Changes.” Despite a bus announcement urging   from Mobilizing The Region Read more »

• NY Giants’ Justin Tuck Gets Key to Nassau County

  Ed Mangano gifted him a ceremonial key. Mangano honored defensive lineman Justin Tuck on Friday with the key to Nassau County, and the man who sacked Patriots quarterback Tom Brady twice—once in the final drive of the game—was also presented with a $10,000   from Long Island Press Read more »