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Queens Kids Work to Save Historic Home of Jazz Legend
(Long Island, N.Y.) On Friday, May 23rd the second graders at the Holliswood School in Jamaica Estates will be honoring a jazz legend. The second graders in Ms. Passarella's class have been learning about different genres of music for the past two years, but have been most impressed with the ...
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State Senate Democratic Conference Supports Subprime Mortgage Moratorium
(Albany, N.Y.) State Senate Democratic Conference Members today called for the passage of bipartisan legislation to impose a one-year delay on foreclosure proceedings to allow New York families victimized by predatory lending to avoid the loss of their homes.
"In the first quarter of 2008 the rate of foreclosures throughout the ...
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H2M Encouraging Students to Become Engineers and Architects
(Melville, N.Y.) – H2M, a multi-disciplined Engineering, Architectural and Laboratory Analysis firm, has been helping teach students about the fields of Engineering and Architecture. By education students at an early age, about the various opportunities available in the fields H2M hopes to create future Engineers and Architects. Paul J. Granger, ...
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Senate Measure Allows Use Of Hearsay Evidence from Sexually Abused Minors
(Albany, N.Y.) Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith (D – St. Albans) sponsored a bill (S. 4390) that was unanimously passed by the Senate aimed at allowing the out-of-court testimony from a child less than 12 years of age to be admissible during a sex abuse trial.
"We must protect those ...
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Fair Media Council Against Cablevision Acquisition of Newsday Media Group
(Long Island, N.Y.) Cablevision Systems Corp has announced that it will buy Long Island based Newsday from the Tribune Co. in a deal worth $650 million. It's expected that Tribune will retain a 3 percent interest of Newsday - valued at $20 million to avoid a capital gains tax from ...
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H2M Breaks Ground for the New Sayville Library on Long Island
(Melville, N.Y.) – H2M, a multi-disciplined Engineering, Architectural and Laboratory Analysis firm, helped kick off construction at the groundbreaking of the new Sayville Library which incorporates many green and sustainable features. H2M was commissioned by the Sayville Library to provide professional architecture and engineering services for the development of a ...
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Special Long Island Performances of Professional New York City-Wide Tour
(Long Island, N.Y.) Through Friday June 6, 2008, Inside Broadway is presenting the delightful musical comedy You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown for over 30 New York City schools and 20,000 children. The production ran Off-Broadway five seasons ago at the Lucile Lortel Theater, and had a sold-out run. This ...
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Ingenious New Gun-Mounted Audio/Video Technology Could Enhance Police and Public Safety
(Long Island, N.Y.) State Senator Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) today announced his support for a pilot program of the Integrated Video Documentation Targeting Technology known as PistolCam. Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Michael Balboni, the Senate Democratic Conference, and members of the Black, Puerto Rican, Asian, and Hispanic Caucus are scheduled ...
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Randy Couture to Appear at XtremeCouture in Centereach Long Island
(Centereach, N.Y.) On Sunday May 18th Randy "The Natural" Couture will be appearing at XtremeCouture MMA & Fitness Center 2120 Middle Country Road in Centereach New York 11720.
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Mr Couture a 6 time UFC champion and hall of famer will be conducting a training seminar from 9am ...
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H2M To Discuss Groundwater Protection on Long Island
(Melville, N.Y.) Holzmacher, McLendon & Murrell, P.C. (H2M), a multi-disciplined Engineering, Architectural and Laboratory Analysis firm, has been helping to educate students on the importance of groundwater protection. In connection with the Long Island Groundwater Research Institute (LIGRI), on Friday, May 16, at the Candlewood Middle School (Half Hollow Hills ...
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Student Mural Celebrates Seven Years of ARCiB Bioinformatics Research Lab at Dowling College
(Oakdale, N.Y.) Darina Boycheva, a graphics arts student at Dowling College, has created a mural to celebrate the seventh year of the ARCiB Bioinformatics Research Laboratory at Dowling College. The laboratory works on problems on software for molecular graphics and the representation of information in structural biology. Started at Dowling ...
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Students Develop Adaptive Equipment to Expand Use of Computers and the Internet Among the Elderly
(Auburn, N.Y.) Bright ideas, solid research and teamwork won four students from The Laurel Hill School, East Setauket, New York, a spot as finalists in the Christopher Columbus Awards, a nationwide program that challenges middle-school students to explore opportunities for positive change in their communities. Sixth-grader Laurence Caradonna, seventh-graders S. ...
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Now in Production at RWStageArt
(Long Island, N.Y.) RWStageArt, a North Fork-based theater company focused on bringing the works of William Shakespeare to the stage with passion and energy, is going into production of their latest offering, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark. The company has signed on East End Shakespeare’s A.D. Newcomer as director, Joan Chambers ...
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Dowling College Establishes Intergenerational Center on Policy and Practice
(Oakdale, N.Y.) Long Island’s first center for intergenerational policy and practice is being launched at Dowling College. According to Robert Gaffney, Dowling’s President, “The Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice is dedicated to the promotion of policies, programs and coursework that bind generational groups together as well as intergenerational practices ...
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Questions raised over Mystal's residency in district
The issue of whether Suffolk Deputy Presiding Officer Elie Mystal lives outside his South Shore district -- splitting time among houses in Florida, Amityville and Huntington Station -- has raised questions about his eligibility to remain a legislator because county law requires he maintain a residence in the district he represents.
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Allan Houston to Address 1,000 Graduates and receive an Honorary Degree
(Oakdale, N.Y.) Allan Houston, famed professional athlete, philanthropic community leader and successful entrepreneur, will address an estimated 1,000 graduates and their families at Dowling College’s 46th Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.
“We are honored to welcome Allan ...
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Federal Medical Marijuana Program Marks 30th Anniversary
(Washington, D.C.) A little-known federal government program that supplies medical marijuana to a handful of patients will mark its 30th anniversary on May 10.
The federal medical marijuana program -- referred to as a Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program -- resulted from a lawsuit filed by glaucoma patient Robert Randall, ...
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Old Westbury Gardens Announces The Orchard Hill Designer Showhouse
(Long Island, N.Y.) The Orchard Hill Designer Showhouse at Old Westbury Gardens opens this spring in Old Westbury, NY. The Showhouse opens with a gala preview party on Friday, May 2nd, and runs for 6 weeks through Sunday, June 15. Proceeds benefit Old Westbury Gardens.
The Orchard Hill Designer Showhouse at ...
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“K-9 Down” Event Teaches Crucial Life-Saving Techniques for Dogs in Dangerous Jobs
(New York, N.Y.) Professionals working to protect and serve face serious injury and possibly losing their lives on a daily basis. The same is true for their working canine counterparts. Dogs are not your typical agents, officers or emergency personnel and, in turn, need specialized veterinary medical care in an ...
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New York Benefit to Celebrate Recent Medical Marijuana Successes
(Long Island, N.Y.) On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 the Marijuana Policy Project (www.MPP.org) will host a spring soiree, a night of comedy and music to benefit MPP's efforts to protect seriously ill New Yorkers from arrest and jail if they use medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. Patient advocate Joel ...
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