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Despite loss, BlueGunners finish first
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The Hewlett-Lawrence Blue Gunners lost its only contest of their nine-game season as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Syosset Cyclones at Woodmere Middle School last Sunday.
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11/19/14
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Dancing the night away at Hewlett High School
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The Hewlett Leaders Corps sponsored its second annual Fall Bash on Nov. 3 for special-needs students at Hewlett High School and a dozen other schools including Lynbrook, East Rockaway, Mineola, and New Hyde Park. Hewlett High’s Bulldog Buddies, a student organization, also attended the dance.
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11/19/14
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Remembering the veterans who served
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Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 held its inaugural Veterans Day celebration at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on Tuesday.
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11/12/14
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Biking to help Chabad’s Friendship Circle
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Despite the blustery winds, the Jean Fischman Chabad Center of the Five Towns held its third annual Bike 4 Friendship event on Nov. 2.
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11/5/14
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Money from the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery and the NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program is expected to be released within months based on where projects are in the system, state officials said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/5/14
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Reliving history at Rock Hall Country Fair
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A Civil War encampment, colonial historians, a wampum-making demonstration and antique cars created a historical atmosphere at the 29th annual Rock Hall Country Fair last weekend on the grounds of the 18th century plantation, now a Town of Hempstead museum in Lawrence.
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10/31/14
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In June, a proposal to strengthen Long Island’s waterways, starting with Mill River in Rockville Centre, was awarded millions of dollars in federal funding.
The project, called Living with the …
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By Alex Costello
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10/30/14
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Jones Beach, a spit of sand with 6.5 miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches, had no barrier island to protect it against Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012. It was the barrier island, and so it took the …
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By Scott Brinton
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10/30/14
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When Superstorm Sandy hit on Oct. 29, 2012, it devastated the South Shore. No storm in living memory had caused so much destruction.
Though reconstruction is well under way, there are many who …
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10/30/14
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Dough rising over the sands of Atlantic Beach
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More than 1,000 Jewish women — Orthodox to unaffiliated — from the Five Towns and other communities gathered to bake challah bread at the Sands Atlantic Beach on Oct. 23.
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10/30/14
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