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Q&A: Big city girl on exchange from China
May 12, 2012
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Perlman alumni concerts are announced
May 13, 2012
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Obituary: E.Y. Clark
April 26, 2012
Obituary: Elizabeth Yvonne (E.Y.) Clark
April 23, 2012
Obituary: Harold Olson
April 18, 2012
Opinion
Editorial: Just hold it?
May 17, 2012
Column: Not as easy as it looked on television
May 12, 2012
Posts by Karl Grossman:
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Suffolk Closeup: Media scourge on Rupert Murdoch
He’s a huge force in media in this region and the world. And in this region, he could have been an even bigger player. Just four years ago, Rupert Murdoch came inches away from acquiring Newsday, Long Island’s only daily newspaper. In 2008, he moved to buy Newsday for $580...
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Suffolk Closeup: Maria’s nightmare
Maria, an honor student at Suffolk County Community College, lives in fear of being thrown out of the country she knows and loves — the United States. Coming here was not her choice. Her father came in 1996, leaving a troubled Argentina. His lifelong dream was to come to America, “which...
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Suffolk Closeup: Pine Barrens blaze
What the Long Island Pine Barrens desperately need is a management plan that allows for something called “prescribed burning.” Otherwise, huge blazes like the one last week that roared through 1,000 acres of Pine Barrens in Manorville and Ridge can be expected, along with damage to homes and businesses and...
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Suffolk Closeup: A commitment to the poor
The late Suffolk County Legislator John J. Foley was a model for compassion in government. He was dedicated to the care of the ill. And so it was fitting that the historic Suffolk County infirmary years ago was renamed the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility. It was Mr. Foley of...
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Suffolk Closeup: Welcome to Atomic Town
Is Brookhaven National Laboratory the appropriate site for an “Earth Summit?” No, says Long Island environmental educator and activist Peter Maniscalco. “Holding an ‘Earth Summit’ at Brookhaven Lab is a tragic...
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Suffolk Closeup: More than just a sales tax problem
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” That’s the Albert Einstein quote with which the Budget Review Office (BRO) of the Suffolk...
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Suffolk Closeup: County leads in environmental efforts
“Suffolk County: a National Leader in Environmental Initiatives. Why?” That’s the heading of an extensive article in the Long Island History Journal that contains some interesting, yes, history. The piece, by...
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Suffolk Closeup: Major player
James Simons, a mathematics professor just a few decades ago and now a multi-billionaire and Long Island’s richest man, is playing a major role in shaping the political and educational landscape of Suffolk County. Forbes magazine last week listed Mr. Simons as the 82nd richest man in the world, with a...
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Suffolk Closeup: Greedy Big Oil
The heading on the press release last week could be called extreme: “Bishop to Blame for Long Island’s Pain at the Pump,” according to the blast at Congressman Tim Bishop put out by Randy Altschuler, a Republican seeking again to run against Mr. Bishop in November. He lost to Mr....
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Suffolk Closeup: One of a kind
A giant in the publishing field — and a man who loved the East End — died last week. Barney Rosset, as the New York Times said in its page-one obituary, “changed the course of publishing in the United States, bringing masters like Samuel Beckett to Americans’ attention under his...
