Blue downs Gold at Lawrence’s annual Sports Night
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The Blue team defeated the Gold squad 89 to 82 at the 52nd annual Lawrence High School Sports Night competition in the gymnasium on March 22.
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3/26/14
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Our schools, our businesses, our town departments that maintain the roads and infrastructure and the village and county police units that patrol our streets all contribute to the quality of life we enjoy here on the South Shore.
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3/13/14
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A deadline is looming as a proof of loss form must be submitted to NY Rising on April 28 by insured homeowners who remain in need of assistance with their flood claims from Hurricane Sandy.
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By Vanessa Parker
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3/12/14
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Cedarhurst and Atlantic Beach villages are two of the seven municipalities that entered into an agreement with Nassau County to be part of the waterway debris removal operation, which will be funded with $12,171,897 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clean up refuse left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/5/14
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Hoping to restore the educational development that many students lost to Hurricane Sandy, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns is partnering with a Syosset-based health and human services organization, Federation Employment and Guidance Services, to create an after-school tutoring program.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/12/14
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Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants.
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1/23/14
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The two-story extension that added about 4,000 square feet to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department headquarters, at a cost of approximately $2 million, is nearing completion.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/15/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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One of the biggest post-Hurricane Sandy challenges has been getting resources directly to local residents, businesses and community infrastructure and resiliency projects.
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12/19/13
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Flipping pancakes, raising money for Parkinson’s
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More than 400 people attended the fifth annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s and helped to raise $18,000 at Congregation Sons of Israel on Dec. 8.
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12/11/13
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