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After Sept. 30, the Five Towns Community Center will be under new leadership. Bertha Pruitt, the center’s executive director, is moving to Maryland to be closer to her family.

Leaving the Five Towns and its community center

After almost 40 years of service to the Five Towns Community Center, Executive Director Bertha Pruitt will leave her position on Sept. 30. The search for her replacement is under way. more

By Vanessa Parker | 9/3/14

The Town of Hempstead obtained a $96,000 grant for the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence. From left were, bilingual counselor Felipe Plaza, Senior Center Program Director Kim George, Supervisor Kate Murray, Community Center Executive Director Bertha Pruitt, Center Director Peter Visconti, Councilman James Darcy and bilingual counselor Yiset Abreu.

Vital programs kept afloat

A $96,000 Town of Hempstead grant awarded to the Five Towns Community Center’s bilingual department and Senior Center, will help the organization continue to provide needed programs and services to the area. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/27/13

Ann E. Friedman/Herald Five Towns Community Center Youth Outreach Counselor Nerthi Sanchez said that the middle school program, which operates during the school year and for six weeks in the summer, provides important social interaction for students. From left were, Sanchez, Pedro Ramirez and Darwin Reyes.

Restored funding revives Five Towns Community Center

Nearly a year after having to severely cut youth services due to a loss of $400,000 in Nassau County funding, the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence reinstated some of those programs this summer, with more to come in the fall. 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

Nassau County Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. members Annie Reyes and Evelyn Jackson are organizing the Black History Month program at the Five Towns Community Center on Feb. 21.

Working to inspire the younger generation

After Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath threatened to cancel their Black History Month celebration, Nassau County Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. members Annie Reyes and Evelyn Jackson decided they would take charge and bring the vital program to the community. more

By Ann Friedman | 2/6/13

A quick-thinking Five Towns Community Center employee helped evacuate the building after Neil Thompson allegedly nuclear bombs. The facility was evacuated, Thompson was arrested and no bombs were found.

Bomb threat at Five Towns Community Center

Updated Oct. 11 9:40 a.m. The emergency lockdown procedures he learned as a student at Lawrence High School came in handy for Anthony Giglio on Wednesday when Neil Thompson, 33, entered the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence and said he had a bomb and was going to blow up the building. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/12

This classroom at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence once housed at least a dozen middle school students who sought homework help and tutoring. The year-round middle school programs are no longer being offered due to funding cuts at the Office of Nassau County Youth Services.

Cuts are obliterating services

The loss of $400,000 in county funding has shredded the programs and services offered by the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence. more

By Ann Friedman | 8/9/12

Nassau County may severely cut funding for youth services. The Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence would lose about $400,000. Above, Peter Levy, president of the Coalition of Nassau County Youth Services Agencies, spoke at a July 6 rally.

Fearing funding cuts at the Five Towns Community Center

Cuts in funding for youth services that are provided by many Nassau County-based, private youth, mental-health and addiction-treatment agencies, including the Five Towns Community Center, would have a drastic impact on the Lawrence-based agency’s infrastructure and the community it serves, Executive Director Bertha Pruitt says. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/12/12

The Five Towns Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence has lost $98,000 in funding from the Lawrence School District, and three employees will lose their jobs.

Community center loses district funding

Though the Lawrence School District has cut $98,000 from its budget that was allocated to the Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center, Deputy Superintendent Gary Schall said that the district is “very, very committed” to the center. more

JEFF BESSEN | 11/24/10

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