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Jury selection to begin in corruption trial
Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the corruption trial of four men, including two former Nassau County legislators, accused of steering New Cassel revitalization work to a developer in exchange for $400,000 in bribes.The trial before acting N Read more »
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Manhasset Library to show Spinney Hill film
A documentary about the African-American history of Spinney Hill will be shown Feb. 15 at the Manhasset Library.The Manhasset Preservation Society and the Town of North Hempstead Historical Society will present the film, Spinney Hill: The African America Read more »
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Manhasset retail building expansion approved
The North Hempstead Town Board has approved the expansion of a retail building on a parcel in Manhasset previously under consideration for a rezoning. Centre Manhasset Llc intends to demolish a one-story building and replace it with a two-story building Read more »
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Patricia Cronin, Plandome Manor, dies
Patricia Mary Cronin, North Hempstead 's former Democratic state committee chairwoman and an interior designer with a flair for elegance, died on Wednesday of complications from a neurological degenerative condition. She was 83.She was born Patricia Mary Read more »
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Pat Cronin, N. Hempstead activist, dies at 83
North Hempstead's former Democratic state committee chairwoman, Patricia Cronin, has died at 83.From Gary Lewi and Howard Cannon at Rubenstein Associates: Patricia Mary Egan Cronin, a Plandome Manor resident for over 50 years, Pat, was born in Astoria to Read more »
Around the web
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From the desk of Superintendent Robert Katulak: February 7, 2012
Numerous Long Island lawmakers, joined by both the Nassau and Suffolk County Executives, plus Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were out in force last Friday, calling for further reductions in the MTA from New Hyde Park Illustrated Read more »
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Mayor’s Message Village of Floral Park: February 9, 2012
The State Assembly redistricting maps lines, which were primarily drafted by Democratic controlled assembly led by Assemblyman Shelly Silver of New York City, could be of much greater concern to Floral Park voters. Floral Park is currently represented by from Floral Park Dispatch Read more »
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Letter: ‘Opposes the Hub Light Transit Project’
The assumption that light transit will bring people into the area and cut down on car traffic is wholly unproven. This is Long Island, like it or not, and people will not pay the LIRR, then a light transit cost and be beholden to their schedules when the from Westbury Times Read more »
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Activists Unhappy Over Helicopter Route Plan
Len Schaier, president of Quiet Skies over North Hempstead and a leading activist on the issue, is unhappy with the decision. When it comes to helicopter noise over the North Shore, both Senator Charles Schumer (D. -NY) and U.S. Department of Transportat from Roslyn News Read more »
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Supervisor Gives State of the Town Address
As for the finances of the town, Kaiman said that both Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s upgraded the town’s bond rating to its highest credit rating in the town’s history. He said, “The success we have in this area means real savings to the residents of o from Port Washington News Read more »