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Santa Claus makes stop in Hewlett
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Four busloads of families with more than 100 children from shelters across Long Island shopped for a few hours at Matty's Toy Store in Hewlett the day before Christmas.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/24/14
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Since Hurricane Sandy struck more than two years ago, 18 streetlights along state Route 878, also known as the Nassau Expressway, have not been working and have not been repaired because of confusion over which level of government is responsible.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/24/14
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Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos said that 6,700 refund checks, 107 of them to homeowners and businesses in Woodmere, will be mailed, beginning on Dec. 23 through early next month to compensate homeowners whose tax assessments were not reduced for the tax years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 to reflect the damage incurred from Hurricane Sandy.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/23/14
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Honoring D’Amato, recognizing history
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As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, Temple Hillel presented its Ronald Reagan Award to former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato during a program last Sunday that also commemorated the 1984 visit by Reagan to the North Woodmere synagogue, only the second to a Jewish temple by a sitting U.S. president who addressed the congregation.
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12/17/14
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Christmas celebrated in Cedarhurst Park
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Caroling, a bonfire, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, hot chocolate and cookies, along with a visit from a jolly man in a red suit, were all part of the Christmas celebration in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park last Sunday.
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12/17/14
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I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my …
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/14
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Crooning through the holidays
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The Five Towns-based United Choral Society staged their winter concert at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library in Hewlett last Sunday. The 72-year-old singing group sang composer Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Hanukkah and Christmas songs.
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12/12/14
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Flipping flapjacks, battling Parkinson’s
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About 250 people attended the seventh annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s at Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere on Dec. 6.
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12/12/14
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Nassau County is in the process of cutting down and removing approximately 75 trees along Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere that died as a result of saltwater intrusion from Hurricane Sandy flooding.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/3/14
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Five Towns Community Chest’s Neighbors in Need raises $50,000
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Five Towns Community Chest raised approximately $50,000 through its Neighbors in Need fundraiser that was attended by more than 150 people at the Woodmere Club on Nov. 20.
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11/26/14
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