Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen …
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Hewlett Harbor resident Jeff Friedman, a 35-year public adjustor, wanted to provide hope to Five Towns residents and others in Nassau County who have received denial letters from their insurance companies and are not getting the money they need to repair their damaged after Hurricane Sandy.
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By Ann Friedman
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2/13/13
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Scenes from a Five Towns snowstorm
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Winter Storm Nemo dropped nearly 12 inches of snow in the Five Towns between Friday night and Saturday morning. Following the blizzard, residents shoveled out and played in the snow.
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2/10/13
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Viewing a Five Towns snow day
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After Winter Storm Nemo dumped nearly 12 inches of snow on the Five Towns, residents went outside to shovel and play in the snow.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/9/13
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From Elmont to Oceanside, Valley Stream to East Rockaway, Rockville Centre to Franklin Square to Island park and the Five Towns, and many places in between, our photographers and editors were out …
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2/9/13
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In the chaotic weeks after Hurricane Sandy rolled across Nassau County, residents, desperate for the gasoline that was in such short supply, learned a new routine: get up before dawn and get to an open gas station before your friends and neighbors did.
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2/7/13
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Learning and helping on Chabad’s Israel trip
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Education, volunteerism, history and spirituality were a huge part of the Chabad of the Five Town’s Israel mission from Jan. 15-24.
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2/6/13
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Laughing it up to benefit EMUNAH
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Comedians Ophira Eisenberg, Barry Weintraub and Jon Fisch entertained the crowd of about 150 at the second annual EMUNAH of America – Five Towns chapter comedy night at the Backstage Nite Club in Woodmere on Feb. 2.
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2/6/13
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Crowded conditions and new rules are part of the Lawrence School District’s three-week-old relocation plan, under which high school students were moved to the middle school, sixth-graders to the Number Two School and fifth-graders to the Number Five School. The plan will be in effect for at least five more weeks, district officials say, as the repairs of Hurricane Sandy-related damage continue at Lawrence High School.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/6/13
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Melanie Siegel Rubin’s south Merrick home was, like hundreds of homes across the South Shore, flooded when Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29. Saltwater inundated the front entrance and back laundry room. She did not realize, however, that water had soaked through her plywood subfloor when her crawl space flooded.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/1/13
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