Following the ebb and flow of the past 10 years, the latest census figures demonstrate that there are significant population changes in the Five Towns and its surrounding communities.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN and JEFF BESSEN
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4/21/11
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Changing handbags is a very common occurrence for most women, but what happened to Hewlett’s Kelly Youse is rare and won’t be forgotten for a long time.
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JEFF BESSEN
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4/7/11
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The Hewlett-Woodmere School District unveiled a $103.4 million proposed budget — 2.5 percent higher than the current spending plan — at its annual public budget forum, but a majority of students and parents spent their time at the March 30 meeting decrying the proposed cuts in the Discovery Program.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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4/7/11
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Five weeks after unveiling its draft budget the Lawrence School District adopted its proposed budget at the Board of Education meeting on March 22.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/31/11
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The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department is currently negotiating with the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, and the North Lawrence Fire District about its proposal to construct a two-story extension to the department’s existing firehouse located at the intersection of Washington and Central avenues in Lawrence.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/31/11
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Five weeks after unveiling its draft budget the Lawrence School District adopted its proposed budget at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/24/11
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By trying to make a difference with their good deeds, nearly 100-second graders at Ogden Elementary School in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District earned national recognition and won $10,000 for the charity of their choice.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/23/11
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While the state mandated that all school district budget votes be on the same day in May, it never required school district to change the date of their public budget hearings.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/23/11
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Along with full-time jobs and busy lives, their dedication to keeping their Five Towns neighbors safe motivates auxiliary police officers to make time for significant community service.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/23/11
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Officials from Sanitary District 1 admitted that with nearly 20,000 homes and approximately 50,000 residents in their coverage area of the Five Towns, Woodsburgh, North Woodmere as well as parts of Lynbrook and Valley Stream, that not every resident is going to be happy with the service.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/16/11
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