The TIMES of Middle Country
Serving CentereaCh
Volume 10, No. 48
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Selden
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northern lake grove
March 19, 2015
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Hop into spring at Theatre Three
Also: Irish Step Dancing at CSH Library, BNL Science Bowl winners
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Shooting for states
File photo by Desirée Keegan
this season, the Middle Country girls’ lacrosse team will be rallying around its impactful seniors and using its unique sister pairings to push farther into the postseason. above, now-seniors nikki ortega and Christine gironda race for a ground ball in a game against northport last season. See the story on page A9.
Mute swans get last word
State revises plan to reduce population of pesky birds
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Pushing for a minimum wage hike NY Secretary of State pays LI a visit By Phil CorSo
A state plan to raise the minimum wage made its way to Hauppauge to show how higher pay could impact close to home. Cesar Perales, secretary of state under Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), spoke at GSE Dynamics on Oser Avenue March 18 outlining the governor’s proposal to capitalize on New York’s economic recovery by raising the minimum wage from $8.75 to $10.50. Perales said the state has already created more than 500,000 new private sector jobs since the big recession — the second most in the country. But at the same time, wages
have not grown fast enough and people are being left behind, he alleged. “We had a bad few years after the recession in 2008, but we are out of it now and we are moving forward,” he said. “Unemployment is down and, in every region of the state, jobs are up.” Cuomo’s plan calls for a $10.50 minimum wage across the state, except for New York City, where he suggests the minimum wage be increased to $11.50. In total, he said more than 1.35 million workers would see a wage increase throughout the state, bringing a direct economic impact of nearly $3.4 billion. WAGE continued on page A8
Photo from Laz Benitez
anne Shybunko-Moore, Ceo of gSe dynamics, new york Secretary of State Cesar Perales and keith Barrett, president of huntington Station Business improvement district, speak last week.