The volume of traffic across the Five Towns is much like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody seems to be able to do much about it. Washington Avenue, which divides the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence, is a microcosm of the problem.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/17/22
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In recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools.
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12/2/21
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In an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District will be live streaming three upcoming Board of Education meetings on their website.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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3/17/20
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Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School sixth-grader Rylee Gluck, 11, from Woodmere, is the first-ever host of the online cooking show “Nosh & Nibble” on Kosher.com.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/16/20
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Hewlett High School seniors and twin siblings Rachel and Jonathan Miller were part of a panel at the American Historical Association’s 134th annual meeting Jan. 5 at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/16/20
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New public laws and tabling appointments to the Parks Commission were part of the business conducted at the Sept. 12 Lawrence board of trustees meeting.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/3/19
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Part political pep rally and part government forum, the Five Towns Democratic Club’s Meet the Candidates night at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library on Sept. 17 served as the kickoff for an election campaign that will be shorter than usual because of early voting.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/26/19
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Brendan Phelan was asked what he knew about John Starks, and the 15-year-old rattled off the former Knicks star’s bio as if he were old enough to have seen Starks soar over NBA Hall of Famer …
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/1/19
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Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Sandy struck, and the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence have yet to see a shovel hit dirt on any of the promised flood mitigation projects that were originally conceived in 2013.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/25/17
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Among Norman Rockwell’s most famous paintings are his “Freedom of Speech” series. One of them depicts an average citizen standing up at a town hall meeting . . .
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3/3/17
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