Mineola, NY

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• Wayne Wink exits Nassau comptroller race

  Weitzman in 2009.Nassau Democratic Party Jay Jacobs will to make the announcement at a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Mineola .Wink's departure from the race sets up a potential rematch of the 2009 countywide Democratic ticket -- when Democratic County   Read more »

• Backyard dilemma for 13 Mineola homeowners

  onto public land, village officials say.Now, the village is giving some of those homeowners an ultimatum: Give back the land many have been using for decades and move their sheds and fences off it. Or, buy back the land for $10 a square foot. The average encroachment   Read more »

• Nassau police department swears in 37

  that started in 1925 with 55 sworn officers," Police Commissioner Thomas Dale said at a ceremony at Police Headquarters in Mineola . "Today, with you included, we have 2,246 officers. We are the 15th largest department in the nation."At its peak in the 1970s,   Read more »

• Long Island Rail Road, postal service calling on Long Islanders to feed the hungry

  low and we needed to restock the shelves, said Williams on how the partnership came about.Williams said she picked Mineola, Hicksville and Ronkonkoma stations because of their location and high volume of commuters.According to Randi Shubin Dresner, president   Read more »

• Executive Suite: Leonard Bellavia, Mineola

  That doesn't mean that lawyers will not be successful. Find a niche, an area of the law that you like, whether it's matrimony law, environmental law, elder law, tax law. Don't be a generalist, because it's very difficult to do well as a generalist. What happens   Read more »

Around the web

• Esquilin Takes Second Place

  in athletics, scholarship and leadership qualities for the Winter 2012-13 season. The Boys Indoor Track team was crowned NYS State Scholar Athlete Team Champions. The Boys Varsity Basketball team won the Nassau County Class B Championship. Below is a list   from Mineola American Read more »

• Flood-Free Streets?

  we can get work done as quickly as possible and get through a rainy season.” NIFA did not return calls for comment. Mineola Public Works Superintendent Tom Rini hopes the county will start the Sheridan pipe within the next two or three weeks. Mineola is installing   from Mineola American Read more »

• Police defend officer who shot NY college student

  N.Y. — The president of a New York police union is defending an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder last week. Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association President James Carver says the   from Boston Herald Read more »

• NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island

  N.Y. (AP) — Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As   from FindLaw: AP Professional News Read more »

• Hofstra University student killed by police

  N.Y. (AP) — A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in   from ABC-KVUE Austin Read more »