In less than an hour much was accomplished at the Village of Lawrence board of trustees meeting on Dec. 21.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/3/18
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It took two playoff holes, but the Lawrence Men’s Golf Club defeated the Rockaway Hunting Club team on Oct. 7, to win the annual Five Towns Cup Tournament. The competition was also played on Oct. 1.
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10/20/17
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There were golfers, sponsors for the dinner, the awards, the towels, and cigars for the fourth annual Inwood Buccaneers Frank DeCicco Memorial Golf Outing at the Inwood Country Club on July 31.
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8/8/17
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Nearly 140 members, family and friends took part in tennis doubles tournaments and 9- and 18-hole golf matches, and Scramble games to help raise over $36,000 for the charity PLAY for P.I.N.K. (Prevention, Immediate Diagnosis, New technology, Knowledge) organization to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club in Lawrence on July 5 & 6.
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8/2/17
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After roughly 18 months of worrying about the possible closure of his nearly 40-year-old business, Marty Rosen has reached a compromise with the New York State Department of Transportation to keep open the Five Towns Mini-Golf and Batting Range, on Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/18/17
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To the Editor:
A number of Five Towns residents are against residential development of the Woodmere Club, including politicians such as Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman and County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence). Allow me to suggest a win-win solution for the issue.
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5/15/17
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The six-month moratorium on residential development on certain privately-owned golf course properties that the Town of Hempstead passed in November and went into effect on Dec. 5, was extended for 90 days on May 9.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/11/17
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Former New York Jets linebacker Greg Buttle was among the 140 golfers who played a round at the Woodmere Club as part of Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s annual golf outing on May 8.
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5/10/17
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It’s official. The Woodmere Club has been sold.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/28/17
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We’re deep into April and people are heading outdoors, but at Five Towns Mini-Golf and Batting Range, along Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, the business’s 40th season might not happen.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/20/17
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