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Chabad of the Five Towns has assisted nearly 2,000 people in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy. Torah Academy for Girls student Gitti Apperman, left, helped put food in a vehicle as it snowed on Nov. 7.

Providing aid and strength through a crisis

Boys sorted the heated socks, teenage girls played and colored with younger children, the women cooked food and brought it out to families, men moved generators on dollies, and volunteers readied to go out on another run delivering needed items to distressed community members as snow from a nor’easter fell on Nov. 7. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/14/12

The Hewlett-Woodmere School District has eliminated its winter break and made other changes to make up for the school days lost because of Hurricane Sandy.

Hewlett-Woodmere School District eliminates its winter break

To gain back four days of instruction from the eight lost due to schools being closed after Hurricane Sandy, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District announced at their Nov. 20 Board of Education meeting that the February winter break will be eliminated. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/28/12

Five Towns Community Center counselor Felipe Plaza hands cleaning supplies to Inwood resident Ralph Cancelliere.

Help for decimated Inwood residents

The devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused to residents on Cheshire Road and the surrounding streets in Inwood is still apparent more than two weeks later as many remain busy cleaning out their homes, salvaging what they can and some are still without power. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/14/12

Disaster-assistance workers prepare for another day of helping Hurricane Sandy victims at the recovery center now operating at Young Israel of Woodmere.

Where’s our money?

More than six weeks after Hurricane Sandy, residents of the Five Towns and other communities ask two questions more often than any others, according to Erroll Johnson, the director of the newly opened Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster-recovery center at Young Israel in Woodmere: “‘When can I get some money?’” Johnson said, “and ‘When can I get some more money?’” more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/12/12

Lawrence schools reopened on Tuesday after being closed two-plus weeks due to Hurricane Sandy and a nor’easter that dumped snow in the Five Towns.

Schools reopen in District 15

After being closed for more than two weeks due to Hurricane Sandy, which included Election Day and Veterans Day, the Lawrence School District reopened its schools on Tuesday. more

By Jeff Bessen and Ann E. Friedman | 11/14/12

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray called on the Army Corps of Engineers and the State Department of Environmental Conservation to finalize a coastal protection plan for the barrier island that was defeated by the City of Long Beach in 2006.

Murray calls for coastal protection plan

Describing the damage from Hurricane Sandy as “overwhelming,” town and county officials called on the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday to “put a shovel in the ground” and move forward with … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/12/12

Piles of wood, windows, doors and sheetrock line Davis Avenue in Inwood as homeowners rebuild their houses.

Picking up the pieces in Inwood

Inwood resident Laura Sarnelli tried to fight back tears after Hurricane Sandy devastated her Bayswater Boulevard home, but she soon realized that she was not alone in her distress. more

By Ann Friedman | 1/2/13

Hurricane Sandy and the damage it caused has traumatized some children. The Brandeis School is holding a panel discussion on May 13 to educate parents. Above, Sandy damage in Woodmere.

Brandeis tackles children's trauma

Erika Greenfield said her son, a first-grader at The Brandeis School in Lawrence, experienced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after their family lost the first floor of their Long Beach home and vehicle in Hurricane Sandy. more

By Ann Friedman | 5/8/13

Lawrence village officials are discussing short-term and possible long-term plans for the club’s park house building, which is now boarded up after Sandy.

Repairing and restoring their second home

Hurricane Sandy left very little undamaged in its wake more than six weeks ago and that includes the country clubs in the Five Towns area. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/12/12

Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence hosted the Town of Hempstead’s Mobile Building Department, where homeowners could file building permit applications, meet with an onsite plans examiner and have questions answered.

Helping Sandy victims

To expedite service to Hurricane Sandy victims, the Town of Hempstead has used its mobile building department to visit communities to help homeowners process building permit applications, meet with an on-site plans examiner and answer questions. more

By Ann Friedman | 5/8/13

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