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Mostly Cloudy Long Beach first responders revive unresponsive man in the water
A Long Beach firefighter rushed to Tennessee Avenue beach at around 2:30 p.m. on Friday after the Fire Department received an alert for an unresponsive man floating in the water, fire officials said. …
Judge dismisses charge against former Rockville Centre police officer
D.A: Insufficient evidence that he unlawfully recorded sex with woman
A Nassau County judge dismissed a charge against a Rockville Centre police officer Wednesday after he was arrested in February for allegedly unlawfully videotaping a sexual encounter he had with a woman.
Turf War: Lawsuits claim defective fields
Company marketed turf as most durable and wear-resistant
The new artificial-turf fields made of Duraspine fibers were meant to last up to 15 years and significantly reduce the cost of field maintenance — virtually paying for themselves after just a few years, according to their marketing campaigns.
Lynbrook's Do No Harm Regents policy reversed
Officials: exams will count for 10 percent of grade
The Lynbrook School District’s Do No Harm rule has been overturned for the 2018–19 school year and replaced by a policy in which students’ Regents exam grades will count for 10 percent of their final grades, district officials said at a Sept. 12 Board of Education meeting.
Cultural exchange at Glen Cove Sikh festival
Turban Fest welcomes guests of all faiths
When a truck bound for the 14th annual Sikh Festival in Glen Cove, carrying food and other supplies, stopped at a checkpoint in South Carolina, the drivers were asked to give a number of evacuees …
Long Beach city manager search ‘progressing’
The City Council is considering retaining a search firm if one of several candidates who applied for the city manager’s position earlier this year is not selected in the coming weeks, though …
June Tinkhauser, 30-year Baldwin high teacher, dies at 90
June Tinkhauser wasn’t content with keeping her lessons inside the classroom. The longtime Baldwin High School English teacher took several students to England to see William Shakespeare’s …
Alzheimer's Association draws a crowd at first Eisenhower Park walk
Hundreds of people carried purple, yellow, orange and blue pinwheels at Eisenhower Park in the opening ceremony of last Saturday’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, hosted for the first time in East …
Five Towns groups mobilize to collect Florence aid
The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, the Five Towns Community Center and Community Chest South Shore have joined forces with the UJA-Federation of New York — the JCC’s sponsor organization — and the AFYA Foundation to collect items for Hurricane Florence relief. AFYA is considered a “nimble and proactive first responder” for disaster relief.
Visitors journey from Stuttgart to Sea Cliff
“I am in search of parts of my family, and I suppose that some of them lived, or maybe still live, in Sea Cliff,” wrote Renate Hugendubel in an email to Mayor Edward Lieberman on Aug. 12. …
Editorial
It’s hurricane season, so be prepared
The images of destruction caused by Hurricane Florence last week were particularly frightening for Long Islanders, many of whom are still reeling from the havoc and devastation that Hurricane Sandy wrought six years ago.
Randi Kreiss
Promises kept, in the wilds of the High Sierra
Fifty-one years ago a handsome hunk of a guy showed up for Rosh Hashana dinner at my parents’ house in Cedarhurst with an engagement ring in his pocket. He was all dark curls, red cheeks and heavy breathing, and he couldn’t even wait . . .
Alfonse D'Amato
The economy’s great. Let’s keep it that way.
The good news is that the U.S. economy is expected to grow by a solid 3.7 percent in the second half of 2018, while unemployment is now 3.9 percent. Even better news is that the benefits of this growth . . .
Guest Op-Ed
By Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D., and Nathan Diament
The AMA should reject physician-assisted suicide
The Hippocratic Oath has been passed down through the ages because it contains some perennial wisdom: I will keep the sick from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect.