Five people were stabbed to death, another person is critical and two NYPD police officers were slashed before the alleged attacked was shot by police and died in an incident at a multi-family home on Beach 22nd St. in Far Rockaway on Dec. 3.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/3/23
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The E-ZPass electronic tolling system is scheduled to be activated next month on the Atlantic Beach Bridge, Long Island’s only toll bridge, which connects Lawrence and Atlantic Beach.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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12/1/23
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Four Hewlett High School students — Becky Feygin, Damaris Rodas Villatoro, Charles Zeledon and Olivia Ziarno — were among the 75 Nassau County high school artists selected to have their work displayed at the Art Guild, in Manhasset, as part of the Nassau County High School Student Juried Art Competition last month.
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By Parker Schug
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12/1/23
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What to do with the gate at the end of South Lord Avenue in Lawrence brought a standing room only crowd to Lawrence Village Hall for the Nov. 9 board of trustees meeting to discuss safety and convenience surrounding the closed gate, an entrance and exit to the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station.
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By Parker Schug
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12/1/23
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Cedarhurst-based Rock and Wrap It Up!, an anti-poverty think tank, hosted its 34th year on Thanksgiving Day, providing a feast for at-risk communities and senior veterans in the Five Towns communities and the Rockaways.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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12/1/23
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Ever since Hamas terrorists attacked a southern portion of Israel on Oct. 7, and initiated another conflict between armed groups and the Jewish state, people, organizations and other entities are come together to support Israel.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/1/23
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Perhaps we Americans are overly confident in the belief that our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment right to free speech, are inviolate.
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By Chuck Lavine
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11/30/23
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What does it mean to be antisemitic? Can Jews do better in fighting against it? This is a complex issue, and a difficult one. It requires looking outside and inside our community.
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By Shai Beloosesky
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11/30/23
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The older you get, the more you think about the times when things were simple and pleasurable. That especially applies to my years in school, when my only cares were . . .
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11/30/23
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Realizing that I’ve been taking something for granted is never an abstraction. It generally happens by whack and wallop.
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By Robert C. Koehler
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11/30/23
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