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The volume of traffic across the Five Towns is much like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody seems to be able to do much about it. Washington Avenue, which divides the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence, is a microcosm of the problem. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/17/22

The Five Towns Community Center and its Gammy’s Pantry has provided aid to the newcomers from other countries.

Five Towns Community Center helps Central American migrants

Sasha Young, the director of Gammy’s Pantry at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, has a new challenge on her hands these days, and it is testing her knowledge of Spanish. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 10/27/22

Rochelle Stern Kevelson was among the many Five Towns residents who spoke out in opposition to the potential developments.

Overdevelopment is 5Towns residents’ focus as Hempstead OKs building ban

The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously last week to approve a six-month moratorium to halt building in what is known as the Business Overlay and Transit Oriented Development district in Inwood and North Lawrence. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 9/29/22

More than 100 Five Towns residents attended the Sept. 20 hearing where the Town of Hempstead approved a temporary ban on building in those communities.

Hempstead Town adopts temporary Five Towns building ban

The Town of Hempstead board voted unanimously to approve a six-month temporary moratorium to halt building in what is known as the business overlay and transit-oriented development district in Inwood and North Lawrence. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 9/21/22

Roughly 500 residents of the Five Towns and surrounding communities gathered at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club to express their opposition to several proposed major developments and to stump for improvement of the Nassau Expressway.

Five Towns registers its anger on overdevelopment

Angered by what they consider to be too much proposed development in the Five Towns, roughly 500 area residents voiced their opposition to the projects and emphasized the need to improve Route 878, also known as the Nassau Expressway, at a meeting at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club on Aug. 16. more

By Lisa Margaria | 8/25/22

On Tuesday, the Town of Hempstead announced a Sept. 20 public hearing at which Five Towners can voice their concerns about traffic, parking, overcrowding and environmental challenges that accompany development. From left were Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman, village Trustee Paris Popack and Councilwoman Missy Miller.

Hempstead town to address Five Towns development concerns

On Tuesday, Town of Hempstead officials held a news conference outside Lawrence Village Hall, and announced a public hearing — on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. — to address concerns about building development zones in Inwood and North Lawrence. more

By Lisa Margaria | 8/17/22

Yeshiva Kol Torah’s first class. In the front row middle were Rabbi Dovid Opoczynski, Rabbi Boruch Wasser and Rabbi Yaakov Stern.

Inwood's Yeshiva Kol Torah’s first year graded a success

Yeshiva Kol Torah on Bayswater Boulevard in Inwood celebrated its first year serving the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. more

By Brian Pfail | 7/21/22

Hewlett-Woodmere, HALB and HAFTR schools are collaborating with the Nassau County Police Department to tighten security. NCPD Officer Luis Serrano led a school safety seminar at the department’s Garden City training center on May 26.

Five Towns schools double down on security after Uvalde

It’s nearly 2,000 miles from Uvalde, Texas, to Long Island, but the aftershock of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School has reached the Five Towns. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/9/22

James MacGuire recounted what it was like to grow-up and raise his sons in Lawrence in his first memoir, ‘The Homecoming Seasons: An Irish Catholic Returns to a Changing Long Island.’

MacGuire remembers Lawrence’s Isle of Wight

Lawrence has transformed into a thriving suburban community since author James MacGuire left his childhood home on Cedarhurst Avenue. In his first memoir, “The Homecoming Seasons: An … more

By Letisha Dass | 6/2/22

Discount kosher wholesaler Bingo leased the former home of Stop & Shop in the Bunside Commons in Inwood.

Bingo, a new kosher outlet in Inwood

The rumors circulating in the Five Towns turned out to be true as the discount kosher wholesaler Bingo is coming to Inwood as Bingo Wholesale has leased the 61,669-square-foot space in the Burnside Commons shopping plaza on Burnside Avenue that was occupied by Stop & Shop. It is expected to open for Passover next year, April 15, depending on when the required Town of Hempstead permits are approved. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/10/22

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