The Town of Hempstead is seeking to amend its zoning ordiance to protect large tracts of open land after the Woodmere Club was sold to two developers last year, causing an uproar among neighbors who said they worried what will become of the property.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/2/18
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Lawrence Village Administrator Ron Goldman, a past president of the Lawrence Association, kibitzed that Paris Popack is “not a public speaker, she is a public doer,” and that is why she and other residents are working to revive the dormant organization that functions as the village’s civic group.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/15/18
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Seeing the potential development of the Woodmere Club as severely impacting their quality of life — likely to exacerbate existing problems of densely trafficked roads and overburdened resources — several Five Towns residents established the Five Towns Civic Association two years ago.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/14/17
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Seven-term County Legislator Denise Ford is being opposed by fellow Long Beach resident Jane Smith Fisher in the Nassau County 4th legislative district. The district encompasses Long Beach, Lido Beach, Atlantic Beach, East Atlantic Beach, Point Lookout and Island Park, and parts of East Rockaway, Oceanside, Woodmere, Lawrence and Cedarhurst.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/19/17
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It didn’t take Daniel Burke long to remember an example of his older brother’s generosity. “In 1988, I was a caddie on the PGA tour and may car had gone kaput,” Daniel said. “I was staying with him in Woodmere. I didn’t have a car. Eddie gave me his. It was an old Sentra, and he had to go out and buy a new car. He gave of his time and resources freely.”
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/12/17
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A majority of the nearly two-dozen residents at a July 20 Town of Hempstead mobile town hall meeting voiced their concerns to officials about the possible development of the Woodmere Club in the parking lot where Franklin Avenue meets East Broadway.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/27/17
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The possible development of a country club is coloring the village trustee race in Woodsburgh on June 20, and there was a failed candidate petition in Lawrence.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/1/17
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Former New York Jets linebacker Greg Buttle was among the 140 golfers who played a round at the Woodmere Club as part of Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s annual golf outing on May 8.
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5/10/17
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The countdown has begun. In about five years, the Woodmere Club may close, and Weiss Properties and 2020 Acquisitions, the companies that bought the 109-year-old club last month, might build a residential development on its 110 acres.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/4/17
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It’s official. The Woodmere Club has been sold.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/28/17
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