Jeremy Feder holds three university degrees and is pursuing a fourth, and all that education will be put to the test in his new $95,000 per year job as the Lawrence School District’s transportation supervisor.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/16/14
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Q: I run a small trucking business and my drivers are paid as independent contractors. I understand there is a new law in New York that might require me to treat them as employees. What is this all …
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By Paul F. Millus
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4/14/14
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Maestro Louis Panacciulli lead his Nassau Pops in a “Tribute to the American Spirit" on April 13 to celebrate a milestone in the orchestra's history.
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By Karen Bloom
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4/2/14
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Improving communication and seeking ways to rectify transportation problems that have vexed the Lawrence School District and the private schools it serves since the school year began were the primary focus of a meeting between district officials, yeshiva leaders and parents in Superintendent Gary Schall’s office on Monday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/18/13
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The red numbers quickly counted downwards on the scoreboard, the air was cold and filled with suspense. The buzzer rang and the Lawrence Woodmere Academy boys’ varsity soccer team won the playoff game, 2-1, against Long Island Lutheran!
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Vianne Singh
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11/13/13
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Election Day is officially behind us, and absent any real close races followed by recounts, the serious contests are over.
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11/7/13
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In an effort to improve its transportation system, the Lawrence Board of Education will review two busing policies with an eye toward revising them, district officials said at Monday’s meeting.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/9/13
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Responding to private-school parents’ complaints that their children’s rides to and from school were taking way too long, the Lawrence Union Free School District and the Independent Coach bus company held discussions during the Jewish holidays on ways to make the trips shorter and more efficient.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/2/13
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Central American Independence Day celebrated
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Central American Independence Day was celebrated by more than 1,100 people at the Five Towns Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence, on Sept. 14.
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9/25/13
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Their stories began similarly, “My child/children were on the bus for 45 minutes/an hour/ nearly two hours going to school/coming home.” And the ending was also nearly the same, “My child/children were upset, “I called the bus company, they didn’t respond in a satisfactory way/they were rude.”
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/18/13
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