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It was called The Hub. Public transportation radiated from Hempstead Village like the spokes of a wheel. Pre-World War II homemakers would bus to Hempstead to shop. Everyone, in fact, shopped in Hempstead Village, the oldest community in Nassau County. While Mineola was the seat of county government, Hempstead was where you went for almost everything else.
It was called The Hub. Public transportation radiated from Hempstead Village like the spokes of a wheel. Pre-World War II homemakers would bus to Hempstead to shop. Everyone, in fact, shopped in Hempstead Village, the oldest community in Nassau County. While Mineola was the seat of county government, Hempstead was where you went for almost everything else.
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Long Islanders want answers from presidential candidates
joye.brown@newsday.comWelcome to Long Island. No matter what you see on television, there's more to us than "Jaws," Michael Lohan and whatever The Montauk Monster stirred up in The Hamptons this summer. And for the record, everybody doesn't have a Lawn Guyland accent. We'...Tags: Long Island, Government Health Care, Private Health Care, National Government, Society
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The Long Island Auto Show revs up at Nassau Coliseum
pat.burson@newsday.comWHERE: Nassau Coliseum WHEN: 5-10 p.m. Thurs. Friday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. COST: $10 ($7 online), $6 ages 7-12 and over 62. PHONE: 800-345-1487 WEB: Autoexpo.com/longisland Preview Photos: 2009 Models | Green Vehicles Which will...Tags: Kia, Long Island, Mercury, Uniondale, Cadillac
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School news: Massapequa students go to preserve
More than 650 students at McKenna Elementary School in Massapequa are boosting their knowledge of environmental science by using the Massapequa Park Preserve as their open-air classroom through the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Open Space Stewardship...Tags: Old Bethpage, Elementary Schools, Long Island, Bethpage, Popular Music
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McCain unveils economic proposal
Los Angeles TimesEager to show his understanding of Americans' economic distress, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona unveiled new economic prescriptions yesterday that include slashing the tax rate on capital gains in half and helping senior citizens grappling with...Tags: State Budgets, Pension and Welfare, People, 401K, Colorado
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Market slumps as fear expands
Associated PressThe economy lurched deeper into the doldrums yesterday and took the stock market down with it, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a staggering 733-point loss and erasing any hopes that the convulsions that have shaken Wall Street for a month were over....Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Stock Activities, Financial Markets, George Bush, Angela Merkel
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Final round is Wednesday
The Associated PressThe debate season comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News' Bob Schieffer directing the discussion. The veteran Face the Nation host won't telegraph what he will ask. But he said he will be...Tags: Interior Policy, John McCain, Hofstra University, University of Michigan, Barack Obama
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'Frontline' Mines New Tidbits In Candidates' Bios
With cable news going 24/7 on election coverage, it would seem that biographies of the two presidential candidates have long since been told and retold.
But the 27th season premiere of " Frontline" (CPTV, Tuesday, 9 p.m.) digs a big deeper to uncover...Tags: Movies, George H.W. Bush, Crossroads, George Bush, Television Industry
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Debate mystery: What will McCain do?
The Swampby Frank James We've got the last presidential debate coming up on Wednesday from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY and aren't we all hoping it won't be any more of a snore than the second debate? That debate last week......Tags: John McCain, Hofstra University, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Barack Obama
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Nassau Democrats air diversity differences
Spin CycleDemocratic support didn???t come easily Wednesday for Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi???s appointment of Robert Bruno, a registered Conservative, to be a judge of the district court in Hempstead. Party lawmakers delayed the start of the county...Tags: Parties and Movements, Justice System, Nassau County, Court Administration
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Cops arrest 2 Hempstead men on weapons charge
bill.mason@newsday.comGunfire brought officers to the rear of a building in Uniondale Thursday morning where they found two Hempstead men smoking marijuana, police said, while a handgun lay on the ground next to them. Tyson James, 23, of Evans St., Hempstead, and Carlton...Tags: Defense, Uniondale, Firearms
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Man charged in Hempstead burglary
bill.mason@newsday.comA Hempstead man was arrested Thursday and charged with taking electronics from a Hempstead apartment last month, Nassau police said. Zell Boyd, 28, of Stowe Pl., was charged with second-degree burglary, police said. He broke into the apartment while the...Tags: Crimes, Police, Game Playing, Police Investigations, Police Arrests
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Man charged with Oceanside burglary
matthew.chayes@newsday.comNassau police say they have arrested a thief who sneaked into an Oceanside home and stole jewelry. Michael Kessler was arrested several hours after the Friday break-in in the Weidner Avenue home and charged with burglary. He was also charged with...Tags: Crimes, Police, Police Arrests, Oceanside (Hempstead, New York)
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