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City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe speaks during the beach season kickoff press conference at Beach 11th St.

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The following information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

Education advocates continue to criticize the Education Department for what they say is a failure to remove light fixtures containing polychlorinated biphenyl from public schools.

This story was submitted to Patch by the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department . The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department was returning to HQ onA Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.A following four other calls for service.

A preliminary hearing for the 41-year-old New York man accused of threatening another man with a handgun on Butler Street in March has been delayed, his attorney said today.