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Hempstead, New York is located in Nassau County. Zip codes in Hempstead, NY include 11550, 11549, and 11551. More Hempstead information.

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2 hrs ago | Newsday.com

Hempstead CDA OKs payment to free homes' transfer

Agency has approved paying a judgment of more than $800,000 to its former boss so the agency can transfer ownership of three below-market-rate houses to local residents.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Roslyn News

Arrest Made In Roslyn Heights Homicide

On last Saturday, Nov. 14, Homicide Squad Detectives from the Nassau County police department reported the arrest of Wilmer Linares of Albertson, on Friday, Nov.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Long Island Press

Newly Dead Is As Fresh As It Gets

I'm waiting for my chicken to be slaughtered at Hempstead Poultry Farms in Hempstead Village.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Newsday

Terms of Spiritis' contract with Hempstead

Spiritis' contract said he was to be paid for "all prior unused vacation, sick, personal, birthday days and accrued compensatory time based upon his prior salary" as commissioner, or $915.48 a day.

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WINS-AM New York

Reforms Made after Long Island 'Wrong Grave' Errors

Reforms are being made after a Long Island town acknowledged three cemetery errors in less than a year that left coffins in the wrong grave sites.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Newsday

Hempstead worker suspended for exhumation order

Also Wednesday, the town admitted that the recent mixup was the third time in less than a year that cemetery workers mistakenly buried caskets carrying remains in the wrong grave site.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Newsday.com

Hofstra students escape house fire

Before a fire broke out, nine Hofstra University students lived in this Uniondale house's basement off-campus. where A fire in a Uniondale house occupied by several Hofstra University students prompted the Town of Hempstead to issue three summonses to the landlord for violations involving illegal use of a single-family house.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Newsday

Delaware man faces child porn charges in Nassau

Officers took James Peterson, 36, into custody Thursday at a federal correctional facility in Hopewell, Va., where he is currently serving a 9-year sentence for a prior conviction, Nassau County police said.

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Newsday

Cops: Driver, passenger arrested after shot fired out sunroof

Juan C. Martinez-Torres, 24, of Tennessee Avenue, fired the shots as Alexander Ponce, 46, of Jackson Avenue, drove the Acura RL northbound on the expressway at 12:44 a.m., Nassau police said.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

KBTX - HomePage

Prairie View A&M To Review Fraternity Accused of Hazing

Prairie View A&M University officials will hold a review of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., on November 18.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

WINS-AM New York

NY Woman Finds New Body in Son's Grave

A woman visiting her son's tomb at a Long Island cemetery was dismayed to discover that the grave contained a new body.

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South Shore Record

Residents react to Kopel victory

Republican Howard Kopel defeated 10-year incumbent Jeff Toback by more than a 1,000 votes.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Newsday

Three charged with burning books from Herricks school

The incident was at the Center Street Middle School at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nassau County police said.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Newsday

Third suspect arrested in Hempstead park assault

Lawrence Sutton, 20, was one of three assailants Nassau County police said attacked the brothers with a brick as they left Bradley Park with a 6-year-old girl just before 4 p.m. on Oct.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

South Shore Record

Town of Hempstead: Incumbents cruise to victories

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray spoke to a packed crowd of supporters at the Republican headquarters in Westbury on Election Night.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Rod 2.0

Knife Wielding Anti-Gay Attack on Long Island, Teen Arrested

Nassau County Police say they arrested a Bellmore teen on hate crime charges who was part of a knife-wielding duo "yelling anti-gay slurs" that chased a man down the street, reports the Long Island Press .

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

WCBSTV.com

Hempstead Asst Police Chief Alleges Discrimination

Share + Comments Nov 9, 2009 6:22 pm US/Eastern Reporting Magee Hickey 1 of 1 Hempstead Assistant Police Chief Willie Dixon told CBS 2 he was benched because of his race, but the town said he's simply the subject of an investigation.

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EurekAlert!

Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research

Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders , one of the National Institutes of Health.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Newsday.com

Driver charged with attempted murder of 2 Nassau cops

A West Hempstead man was charged with attempted murder after a confrontation with police late Saturday night that included one shot fired, although no one was injured.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Newsday

Cops: Two charged with gang assault in Franklin Square attack

Jessey Tejada, 22, of 52 Lucille Ave., Elmont , was arrested Friday and was set for arraignment the same day.

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