Against the backdrop of the Rushmore Elementary School being honored as a national school of excellence, tensions continue to escalate in the Carle Place School District's ongoing negotiations with its teachers' union.
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In the wake of the staggering defeat of Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Lewis J. Yevoli in this year's county executive race and in light of Republican victories in the local town board and town clerk races, North Hempstead's Democratic leadership will meet twice this coming weekend in their first attempt to regroup and develop a strategy for 1999.
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Harry Waldman, known to one and all as "Harry the Mailman," was back on his route last week, thanks in large part to the many local residents who asked that he be reinstated after being terminated by the postmaster in September.
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First, he conquered the world of retailing. Then he spearheaded the development of The Source Mall in Westbury. Now, pending FCC approval, Alan Fortunoff may well be entering the territory of Don Imus, Scott Muni, and Dave Herman.
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