Two days after tugboat “Pushy” sank after separating from the barge it was towing, another tugboat, the 38-foot Sea Lion, sank approximately three miles south off Atlantic Beach on Jan. 15 after taking on water, Coast Guard officials said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/16/14
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The two-story extension that added about 4,000 square feet to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department headquarters, at a cost of approximately $2 million, is nearing completion.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/15/14
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Voting for fire commissioners in the Five Towns fire districts is being conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 10. All terms are five years and begin on Jan. 1, 2014.
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12/4/13
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A tractor trailer truck with a 80-gallon tank of oil went off the Nassau Expressway a quarter-mile north of Burnside Avenue and skidded up on the guardrail for 60 feet and spilled some of its load at 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 19, said Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Chief John McHugh.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/19/13
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The Five Towns came together at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on Sept. 11 to mark the 12th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11.
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Yitzchak Carroll
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9/18/13
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Two women and one man were injured in a two-car crash at the intersection of Nassau Expressway and Bay Boulevard in Lawrence at 3 p.m. on Sept. 15, according to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Chief John McHugh.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/17/13
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Aaron Tepfer attended the school where his mother is a fifth grade teacher. The 10-year-old was heading into the sixth grade at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway. Monday would have been his first day of school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/23/13
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It started as an ordinary Friday night for Rochelle Kevelson of Lawrence, who left her house to go out to eat on Shabbat.
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By Jason Brendler
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8/14/13
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Firefighters on parade in the Five Towns
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The annual 3rd Battalion fire department parade was hosted by the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department this year and took place on Aug. 3.
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8/7/13
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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.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/5/13
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