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Monday Jul 21 | New York Times

Are Playground Safety Mats Too Hot?

Children at a playground in East Rockaway in 2005. Rubber safety mats have become a fixture of children's playgrounds in New York City, buffering heads, hands and other body parts when children slip and fall.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Fri Jul 18, 2008

HendersonvilleNews.com

Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old

Hazel Homer, 104, in her yard in East Rockaway, N.Y., received a pacemaker five years ago.

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Related Topix: York (Pennsylvania State University System), Family, Elderly, Dartmouth (University of Massachusetts System), University of Massachusetts System, Roslyn, NY

Tue Jul 08, 2008

BTF's Baseball Primer

Washington Times: Loverro: Talking baseball with David Simon

Thom Loverro is now blogging...and starts off with this beaut of an interview with writer/producer David Simon.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York

Thu Jun 26, 2008

New York Daily News

A chance to help a caring dad

The Hitzler family Nolan 12, Bridget, Griffin, 8, and Doug, enjoy vacation together before Lou Gehrig's Disease changed their lives.

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Related Topix: Queens-Village, NY, Rockville Centre, NY, Oceanside, NY

Thu May 22, 2008

Mineola American

Nassau GOP Turns to Martins for 4th Congressional District

By Joe Rizza From Mineola Village Hall to Capitol Hill? That's the journey that Mineola Mayor Jack M. Martins hopes to take this November after he became the Republican Party's choice to take on Carolyn ...

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Related Topix: Baldwin, NY, East Meadow, NY, Elmont, NY, Franklin Square, NY, Lynbrook, NY

Thu May 15, 2008

Newsday.com

East Rockaway: School Voters Guide 2008

VOTING 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday at East Rockaway High School. THE BUDGET The district is proposing a budget of $32,004,070 for the 2008-09 school year, a 7.76 percent increase over the current ... via Newsday.com

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Sun May 11, 2008

Newsday.com

LIRR to beef up patrols at crossings

Following recent accidents at grade crossings in Bethpage and East Rockaway, the Long Island Rail Road said yesterday it will increase police patrols in those areas and mount safety awareness campaigns. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Bethpage, NY

Fri May 09, 2008

The Jersey Journal

Worth Mentioning... Issue #7

Just looking for something worth smiling about... Worth Mentioning... is a weekly roundup by South Jersey Online's own DJ McAneny of news stories that either occurred outside of our typical local coverage area ... via The Jersey Journal

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Sun May 04, 2008

New York Post

11-Year-Old Boy Saves Mom

“I was thinking about saving my mom”

As a powerful locomotive raced toward his mother's minivan, a quick-thinking Long Island boy became a virtual Superman and lifted a railroad crossing gate to let their trapped vehicle and another off the ... via New York Post

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Fri May 02, 2008

7Online.com

An 11-year-old boy saved his mom and a truck driver from approaching LIRR train.

An 11-year-old boy saved his mom and a truck driver from approaching LIRR train in East Rockaway Friday. via 7Online.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY

Sun Apr 27, 2008

Newsday.com

Trio throw 'No Parking' sign through car window: police

A "No Parking" sign was thrown through a window of a parked car in East Rockaway Friday by three men who were then arrested and charged with petty larceny and criminal mischief, police said. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Patchogue, NY, Lynbrook, NY

Fri Apr 18, 2008

Newsday.com

Nassau to halt shipment of grease to Bay Park plant

The county said Friday it will stop the shipment of up to 225,000 gallons of used cooking grease a week to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which has been blamed by area residents for emitting foul smells. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau, NY, Nassau Metro, Nassau County, NY, Bay Park, NY, Oceanside, NY

Mon Apr 14, 2008

Newsday.com

Man shot at East Rockaway fire house party

A man who had been refused entrance to a party at the East Rockaway Fire House opened fire on the group of men who had turned him away Sunday -- striking one man in the leg below the knee, police said. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY

Fri Apr 04, 2008

Gallagher: 12 Ks for Lindenhurst

Courtney Gallagher threw a four-hitter and struck out 12, and Jen McComb hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to provide the final margin for Lindenhurst in a 3-1 win over Ward Melville ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Hauppauge, NY, Valley Stream, NY, Bay Shore, NY, Lindenhurst, NY, Smithtown, NY

Tue Mar 25, 2008

TheCommunityAlliance.org

"Bay Park Is Not Nassau County's Toilet!"

“What do you suggest, we close down the sewage plant?”

Of Course Not. Elmont is Nassau County's toilet. Or was that Roosevelt? Uniondale? West Hempstead? Archstone at Moldbury? Or any of the other unincorporated hamlets that, not conincidentally, just happen to be ... via TheCommunityAlliance.org

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Related Topix: Elmont, NY, Uniondale, NY, West Hempstead, NY

Sun Mar 23, 2008

Newsday.com

Sewage concerns in Bay Park revive old proposal

“It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that millions of gallons of sewage a day is going to diminish the water quality of the bay”

Every day, Nassau County's Bay Park sewage plant discharges some 58 million gallons of treated effluent to Reynolds Channel amid a classic South Shore backdrop of marsh islands, migratory birds and lonely bay ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Freeport, NY, Long Beach, NY, Wantagh, NY

Thu Mar 13, 2008

Three Village Times

Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule

With spring quickly approaching, the Town of Hempstead is preparing for another year of S.T.O.P. Programs, which will be brought to communities throughout the township. via Three Village Times

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Related Topix: Hempstead, NY, Long Beach, NY, Bay Park, NY, Levittown, NY, Opinion

Sun Mar 02, 2008

Newsday.com

Residents protest South Shore sewage proposal

“Instead of spending $15 million to build a pipe to bring that waste water here to Bay Park, use that money to rebuild the plant in Lawrence, rebuild the plant in Cedarhurst”

For many Bay Park and East Rockaway residents, Nassau County's sewage plant just plain stinks. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Nassau Metro, Bay Park, NY, Cedarhurst, NY, Oceanside, NY

Fri Feb 29, 2008

Newsday.com

Firefighters on scene of fire in Island Park

Firefighters from at least six departments are fighting a raging blaze Friday morning in an Island Park neighborhood. via Newsday.com

5 comments

Related Topix: Island Park, NY, Oceanside, NY, Point Lookout, NY, Rockville Centre, NY

Fri Feb 15, 2008

Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot

Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Opens Its Preview Center

“We've lived on Long Island all our lives and commute on the LIRR. It's comforting to hear that train whistle. We heard they were opening the train museum and decided to come.”

As part of its plan to develop the museum complex, the original 1889 Oyster Bay Station will be restored, inside and out, to its early 20th-century appearance. via Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY

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