The Lawrence School District lost its appeal opposing the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency’s granting Raymour & Flanigan a 10-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) for a warehouse in Lawrence.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/15/21
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Trinity Place is a short, quiet street off Broadway in Hewlett that includes nine houses, the Fairfield Tudor apartment building and the parking lot of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/2/21
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A year ago, communities were slowly reopening as the state began to lift restrictions imposed during the height of the devastating Covid-19 surge. From the start of the crisis, the Town of Hempstead remained keenly focused on . . .
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By Don Clavin
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6/3/21
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The installation of a stop sign at an intersection in Woodmere has left resident Michael Mann perplexed as to why it was requested by a non-Five Towns resident.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/2/21
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Opinions are mixed on a $3.3 million road raising and stormwater drainage project the Town of Hempstead has sent out to bid that will be paid with federal and state money through the Governor’s Office for Storm Recovery.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/20/21
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Amazon, the ubiquitous e-commerce company that has sent items to homes and businesses across the globe, is headed to Woodmere as part of a lease agreement with the Town of Hempstead.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/5/21
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A 49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute.
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4/28/21
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After spending weeks looking for a Covid-19 vaccination appointment, Dan Segarra took a short walk from his business, Warrior Scholar Martial Arts, on Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence, to the Five Towns Community Center for his first inoculation.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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4/21/21
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For the past four years or so, North Woodmere resident Lily Buziashvili has taken it upon herself to pick up trash and debris that collects along a 1.5-mile stretch of the area called the Nassau County storm basin, which extends from Branch Boulevard to Hungry Harbor Road in that community.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/7/21
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Echo Park in West Hempstead and a town parking field in Woodmere both hosted the Town of Hempstead’s contactless drive-thru chametz burning event last Friday. Town Supervisor Don Clavin and …
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4/1/21
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