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After three months of weekly meetings this summer to build stronger ties among several diverse institutions and organizations, the newly created CommUnity Coalition of the Five Towns, Valley Stream and the Rockaways held its coming-out party with a 40-vehicle motorcade on Sept. 30 that traveled from the Five Towns Community Center to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s Harrison-Kerr Family Campus, both in Lawrence.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/7/20
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital officials plan not to perpetuate the medical nightmare of having gurneys full of patients lining the hallways of its emergency department as the second phase of the overall is completed which has expanded the area from roughly 10,000 square feet to 21,000 square feet.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/16/20
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We are writing to express our unanimous medical opinion regarding our community’s actions and attitudes towards the Covid-19 pandemic. Our consensus group includes physicians from a variety of specialties. We wish to express our clear and concerted support for some positions that we feel are medically indisputable:
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Five Towns doctors
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9/1/20
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Although it seems like a lifetime ago, just back in December, children across the country were sitting on one of the hardest decisions of their young lives: summer plans. The application process, interviews, receiving acceptance letters, planning, and finally being able to look forward to the summer.
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By Sophie Blank
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7/15/20
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While Inwood resident Sasha Young has been recognized for her volunteerism in the Five Towns at Gammy’s Pantry, she considers the efforts that she and others have made throughout the coronavirus pandemic a team effort.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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7/8/20
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Circle June 23 on the calendar, and not just for the congressional primary. Next Tuesday there will be a public hearing in Hempstead Town Hall, and online, on a proposed Coastal Conservation District that, if approved, would have a substantial impact on the planned Woodmere Club development.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/17/20
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As Long Island moved into Week Two of the state’s Phase One reopening, business owners who had not been operating since the coronavirus pandemic business closures began in March started to mobilize manpower and materials for the restart.
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By Jeff Bessen and Scott Brinton
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6/4/20
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Reaching back to his childhood community, Jeff Wallach has written a book that encompasses plenty of places that are familiar to Five Towners in the 1970s, while plotting a story that could resonate with many people that never set foot on the South Shore.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/27/20
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During a lull in the Long Island Cares food distribution at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on May 20, Inwood resident Sarah Hayes took a well-earned gulp of water and explained why she volunteers.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/27/20
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The Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood, an essential part of the community it has served for 80 years, has remained vital during the coronavirus pandemic by never shutting its doors to care for the children of frontline workers. During World War II, women who attended trade school dropped off their children so they could work in the place of men.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/22/20
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