Mesivta Ateres Yaakov high school students hosted 23 developmentally disabled children and young adults from the Ohel/Bais Ezra Home in Brooklyn during the Sabbath of Dec. 17-18.
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12/22/10
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A former graphic designer in advertising with an eye for abstract design and selective cropping has put together a unique set of 58 digital photographs that are currently on exhibit at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/22/10
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As resident, Mildred Weston, made her way downstairs to the dining room at the North Woodmere Bristal, residents, family, friends and employees gathered to surprise her and celebrate her 100th birthday on Dec. 8.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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12/15/10
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Lewis Slaughter, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for one 1986 murder, was sentenced to 25 years to life on Dec. 9 for the killing of Woodmere resident Samuel Quentzel.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/9/10
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My favorite Thanksgiving happened years ago. I was a pre-teen. My parents and younger brother would climb into our green Dodge sedan and make the trek from Avenue M in Brooklyn to Washington Avenue in Cedarhurst.
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PHYLLIS WEINBERGER
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11/24/10
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Despite a breeze that occasionally knocked over merchandise and pushed around exhibit booths, the inaugural Woodmere Fall & Fair Festival put on by the Woodmere Merchants Association endured some bumps, but was held last Saturday and Sunday.
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JEFF BESSEN
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11/3/10
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A 24-year-old homicide case has finally been closed, as a Nassau County jury took approximately three hours on Monday to return a guilty verdict for Lewis Slaughter, 61, in the 1986 murder of Woodmere resident Samuel Quentzel.
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JEFF BESSEN
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10/27/10
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The Brooklyn International Film Festival’s kidsfilmfest visits Long Island Children’s Museum on Saturday to premiere the film festival’s 2010 selections.
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Karen Bloom
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6/9/10
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The body of Emanuel Tiburcio, a Brooklyn man who drowned in the ocean off Long Beach last week, was found in Atlantic Beach on Saturday.
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JOSEPH KELLARD and ARIELLA MONTI
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6/2/10
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As a busy New York City wife, mother and attorney, Stephanie Bhonslay was searching for ways to spend quality time with her family. Gardening came to mind. Her concept grew into an idea for a business: providing personal coaching in the joy and know-how of gardening.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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5/14/10
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