Saturday, March 22, 2025
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Hundreds of parents and students gathered at a Hewlett School District board meeting to voice support for High School Principal Alexandra Greenberg after discovering she would not be returning to her position.
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By Brian Norman
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3/21/25
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Junior Nataly Gutierrez will represent Lawrence High School at the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, ending the school's three-year absence from the prestigious competition.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/21/25
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Lawrence School District unveiled its $104.5 million budget proposal for 2025-2026, maintaining educational programs while planning major capital improvements including a $75 million FEMA-funded seawall project at the high school.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/21/25
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Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education members urged administrators to reduce the proposed 2.27% tax levy increase to under 2% for the 2025-26 school budget, suggesting administrative staffing reductions to find $400,000 in savings.
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By Brian Norman
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3/21/25
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Atlantic Beach residents are raising safety concerns about Gio's Restaurant's parking lot at Park Street and Ithaca Avenue, claiming motorists are exiting the wrong way down one-way Ithaca Avenue.
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By Brian Norman
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3/21/25
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Hewlett High School senior Isaac Samuelson will be honored with the Eagle Scout rank after completing a project to organize and clean 20 years of religious texts at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere, working with his troop from the only Shabbat-observant Boy Scout troop on Long Island.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/14/25
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Holocaust survivor Fred Zeilberger and his wife Elaine celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary with a surprise party at The Bristal Assisted Living in North Woodmere, reflecting on their journey from Fred's survival through five concentration camps to building a loving family in America.
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By Brian Norman
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3/14/25
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Andrew Goldsmith, a third-generation Cedarhurst resident who has served as village justice for 12 years, is seeking his fourth four-year term unopposed, emphasizing fair hearings for all defendants and creative approaches to handling teenage driving violations.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/14/25
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St. John's Episcopal Hospital is constructing a state-of-the-art labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum unit to enhance maternal care for the Rockaway community.
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By Brian Norman
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3/14/25
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The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC will serve as a new pickup site for Natural Earth Organic Farms' Community Supported Agriculture program, offering Five Towns residents access to weekly organic produce.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/14/25
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