The Meshuga Daddies, a singing group
of six men from the Five Towns and Oceanside, made their Valentine’s Day performance at the Five Towns Senior Center in Hewlett a real treat for audience members.
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2/23/12
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Last week I woke up with the weight of the world on my shoulders. I soon realized that it was the weight of Big Brother government, and I never realized it would get so heavy.
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2/16/12
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A tentative settlement has been reached between Peninsula Hospital Center and the 1199 Benefit Fund that would cut the Far Rockaway hospital’s obligation from $20 million down to $10 million payable over a three-year period.
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JEFF BESSEN
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1/19/12
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Annual Chabad dinner celebrates Five Towns contributors
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More than 550 people attended the Chabad of the Five Towns annual dinner celebration at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on Dec. 11 that recognized their contributions to Chabad.
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12/22/11
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Chief executive officer Todd Miller plans to bring an entrepreneurial spirit and business sense to his effort to revive the Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/22/11
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The 104-year-old Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway will remain open, thanks to Brooklyn-based Revival Home Health Care, which has acquired the hospital.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/8/11
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The stakes in this election are too important to accept at face value the slick and often alarmist advertising that candidates put forward as Election Day nears.
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10/7/10
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Last week, Comedy Central newsman Jon Stewart announced a March to Restore Sanity, to be held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 30. And . . . he wasn’t kidding.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/24/10
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Surrounded by family and friends Michael Massari celebrated his 100th birthday—he was born May 5, 1910— at Woodmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He was the second oldest of 11 children. …
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7/9/10
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Last week, 92 percent of Long Island school budgets won public approval. Aware of the public’s anger over rising taxes, most districts held their growth down to between 2 and 4 percent. Thankfully, the voters didn’t punish the children.
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Jerry Kremer
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5/28/10
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