Welcome Legal Immigrants As New Citizens
      Last week, state Senator John Sabini welcomed 50 senior citizens into new lives as full-fledged Americans. The 50 are a diverse group that came to the United States from countries all over the world. Many in the group came to this country some years ago.
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Sports Teach Lessons On And Off Field
      Across the land baseball pennant races are heating up and football teams are taking to the gridiron for the start of a new season that will end with two teams competing in the Super Bowl early next year. High school and college competition is gaining momentum as well. Across the land, sports of ev...
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Letters to the Editor
      LIRR, Spare Our Trees To The Editor: The Long Island Rail Road is clear cutting the trees along their right of way because the leaves that fall on the tracks apparently cause a problem for their new trains in terms of slippage. The railroad will also be installing security fencing in certain loca...
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Why I Oppose Resident ID Cards
Op-ed
BY CITY COUNCILMEMBER PETER F. VALLONE JR.
      Our society has gone through great pains to keep this country safe from those that would harm us. Men and women- whether wearing camouflage in Iraq or blue and gold on the streets of New York- risk their lives every day to hunt down terrorists and expose their deadly plots.
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