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PCC's Humanitarian Award winners for 2013, Wendie and Joe CPCC's potluck barbecue at their East Rockaway home.

Home-hosted barbecue raises $2,000 [Photo gallery]

The Pot Luck Bar-b-que, held Aug. 2 raised over $2,000 for the Doris Vine Memorial Fund for Children at the Peninsula Counseling Center. The money collected will be used to assist children and families with children who are uninsured. more

8/14/13

Keeping cool, Ashley Kanarek and Kira Soloman splashed around in the pool at the bottom of the water slide.

Splish splashing at Hillel’s water carnival [Photo gallery]

The inaugural Hillel Day Camp water carnival at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway in Lawrence was a hit with the approximately 500 campers from toddlers to eighth-graders and counselors-in-training on Aug. 6. more

8/14/13

Lawrence-based Motiva Enterprises paid for the renovation of the community garden after Hurricane Sandy. From left, Motiva Enterprises terminal manager Steve Moscarella and residents Lorraine Gogel and Ruth and Eddie Samuelson.

Planting seeds of recovery

Lorraine Gogel choked back tears as she pointed out the many still-vacant houses nearly 10 months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed almost all of the 89 residences in Meadowmere Park, where she has lived for the past 30 years. more

By Ann Friedman | 8/14/13

The Trade School Reunion Committee awarded 11 scholarships to Lawrence High School graduates.

Former ‘trade schoolers’ reunite in Lawrence

This year’s Trade School reunion at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence was successful, according to Inwood resident Annette “Pat” Jones, but attendance dipped. more

By Ann Friedman | 8/7/13

At the walk-a-thon, the Wiesel children took part to honor their 19 year old brother, Tzvi, a soldier in the Israel Army. From left, Dafna, 13, Ariella, 6, and David, 10.

Walk-a-thon raises $9,500 for soldiers [Photo gallery]

A Package from Home, an organization that sends care packages filled with essential items and letters of appreciation to “lone soldiers” in Israel, raised money by holding a walk-a-thon with approximately 100 participants at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club on July 30. more

8/7/13

Peter Curcio displayed his pride in being a member of the Inwood Fire Department as he took part in the parade.

Firefighters on parade in the Five Towns [Photo gallery]

The annual 3rd Battalion fire department parade was hosted by the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department this year and took place on Aug. 3. more

8/7/13

Firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Inwood and Woodmere fire departments extinguished a blaze at this house at 441 Argyle Road in Cedarhurst.

Fire damages Cedarhurst house

A fire that damaged a house at 441 Argyle Road in Cedarhurst on Aug. 2 is under investigation by the Nassau County Fire Marshal, Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Chief John McHugh said. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/5/13

junior volunteer Emily Rosenblum, 9, helped organize pants at the back to school store.

Putting smiles on kids’ faces at Lynbrook temple

Parents and volunteers alike were overwhelmed with joy, gratitude and teary eyes as they watched children from South Shore Nassau County communities affected by Hurricane Sandy benefit from the inaugural National Council of Jewish Women Peninsula and South Shore sections “Back 2 School Store” on July 28. more

By Dana Pearl | 7/31/13

Atlantic Beach beaches have been cleaned up of Hurricane Sandy debris and were ready for the summer season.

Refurbishing the village’s beaches

Lifelong Atlantic Beach resident Andrew Levey spends nearly every weekend of the summer patronizing the village’s beaches, and his wife and three children use them almost daily. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/31/13

Repairing a damaged bulkhead near Lawrence High School on Peninsula Boulevard is a priority for Village of Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise.

‘We’re in desperate need of money’

The Five Towns are eligible for $27.6 million of the more than $750 million in federal funds being allocated to communities throughout New York state as part of the post-Hurricane Sandy New York Rising Community Reconstruction program announced on July 18 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/31/13 | 1 comment

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