The Lawrence School District will resume in-person instruction on Monday after being physically closed since Oct. 9, when the school district fell within the orange zone of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cluster hotspot initiative. The district returned all students to remote learning.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/21/20
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Jerome Justin Levenberg was a lawyer since 1961, however for the people who knew him he was so much more ranging from father to friend, artist to handyman to a comedian who kept a file of jokes on his computer.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/6/20
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Lawrence village is the latest hotspot as state officials said that the community has had a Covid-19 positivity rate of 5.2 percent, which dwarfs the overall Long Island total of roughly 1 percent.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/5/20
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An increase in coronavirus cases in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway has led to temporary closings of private schools and questions from some residents about whether safety protocols are being followed.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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9/30/20
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The Torah Academy for Girls in Far Rockaway sent out a letter to parents on Sept. 23 saying that the school had been closed by the New York City Department of Health.
The school’s dean Rabbi …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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9/24/20
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital officials plan not to perpetuate the medical nightmare of having gurneys full of patients lining the hallways of its emergency department as the second phase of the overall is completed which has expanded the area from roughly 10,000 square feet to 21,000 square feet.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/16/20
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A baseball bat wielding man allegedly assaulted a store employee after the alleged theft of a six-pack of beer from the Season Express on Doughty Boulevard in Lawrence at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/29/20
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway is seeking donations to buy equipment for the new women’s health center that is expected to open next year. St. John’s, which also serves the Five Towns, is the only hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/3/20
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The United Hospital Fund, a nonprofit organization that advocates for netter health care, gave its Excellence in Health Care Award to Terri Coyle, the vice president of behavioral health for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/15/20
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St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway is offering free virtual emotional support groups through the Zoom platform in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the Covid-19 illness.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/24/20
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