Five months after a federal judge threw out a civil rights lawsuit brought by five District 15 parents against the Board of Education, the battle is far from over. The plaintiffs are now raising funds to appeal the August decision at the appellate level and to try to ward off a suit brought by the Lawrence school board against the parents to recoup the money the district has spent to defend itself — more than $150,000, district officials say. more

Eleven months after Morena Vanegas and three of her children were killed in a North Lawrence fire, relatives sobbed through much of Monday’s opening day of the trial that will determine whether neighbor Caleb Lacey was responsible for the victims’ deaths. more

Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s Hayley Alexander did more than simply pick up the slack Jan. 13 with senior forward Caroline Clark away on a college visit. more

In the wake of some high profile burglaries that occurred in a few residential Lawrence neighborhoods late last year, one village trustee is making a case to police officials that more enforcement is needed in the community. more

The Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) unanimously approved a new variance on Jan. 13 for Congregation Bais Medrash of Harborview's new building under construction that will operate only on the Sabbath and high holidays. However, while the BZA is allowing the synagogue to construct a facility beyond what village code allows, they also sent a message to Bais Medrash officials never to consider trying to operate a 24/7 congregation that requires parking. more

Myra helped create the Oceanside-based security company Allied Central Station Alarms, Inc. with her husband of 54 years, Carl, and eventually their sons joined the business. She was also a journalist/publicist who fell in love with the publishing world at an early age, selling her first freelance article to "The Woman Magazine" for $5 as a teenager. She served as editor at "Parent's Magazine," was named a Newsday Special Correspondent in 1964 and published over 450 freelance articles. more

Nearly five years after plans were first conceived to construct a new Peninsula Public Library (PPL) facility adjacent to Zion Park in Lawrence, an offer on the property has been made but there has not been any indication of whether the Village of Lawrence Board of Trustees would support selling the land. The PPL recently made a $700,000 offer for the 9,000 square foot parcel adjacent to the Lawrence Long Island Rail Road and Zion Park land located behind the Lawrence train station, but has not received any indication from Lawrence village officials on whether they are receptive to the offer. When asked if the village was seriously considering the PPL's offer, Lawrence mayor Simon Felder said "we're still going over issues that need to be addressed," but would not give specifics. more

In search of its first girls’ basketball conference title in more than 10 years, Lawrence couldn’t be in better position as the season approaches the midway mark. more

When Dr. Vicki Karant took over as District 15's assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in early 2006 one of her chief goals was to improve the graduation rate at Lawrence High School. Four years later this goal was been accomplished in a major way with now nearly every Lawrence student earning a diploma. more

Temple Israel of Lawrence will be hosting the eighth annual Greater Long Island Jewish Community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration on Thursday night Jan. 14 starting at 7 p.m. more