While public schools in the Five Towns, and local yeshivas, are taking measures to combat antisemitism in their academic environments, Richard Altabe, the lower school principal at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, says that more should have been done sooner.
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By Parker Schug
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12/22/23
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The Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education is discussing the option of arming security officers guarding school property.
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By Parker Schug
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12/22/23
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Tova Plaut, a Cedarhurst resident and member of the Lawrence school district Board of Education is a founding member of New York City Public Schools Alliance, an advocacy group, centered on eradicating hate in schools.
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By Parker Schug
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12/22/23
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Residents in several special districts went to the polls to elect commissioners on Dec. 12.
A fire district is a political entity that purchases the equipment for fire departments within their established budget.
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By Parker Schug
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12/22/23
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More than 250 children and their families were served breakfast, took a photo with Santa Claus, and hats, gloves and coats were given to children in need at the 25th annual Peninsula Kiwanis Christmas Dream Breakfast with Santa at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Inwood on Dec. 9.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/22/23
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A Woodmere woman was taken for $50,000 after being contacted by telephone at her home on Dec. 19 at 8:05 p.m., by an unidentified person claiming to work for Amazon and that the woman owed $6,000 on her account, according to Nassau police.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/21/23
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EZ-Pass, the cashless toll system, in operation at the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll plaza since mid-December was officially celebrated with a ribbon cutting that included County Executive Bruce Blakeman, an Atlantic Beach resident.
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By Parker Schug
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12/20/23
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There was singing from the Hewlett High Schools Chorale Girls Quartet, Hanukkah gelt, hot chocolate and holiday giveaways from the Chabad of Hewlett such as dreidels as the Hewlett-Woodmere communities joined together to celebrate the first night of the Jewish holiday at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Hewlett on Dec. 7.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/18/23
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Despite the heavy rain and hammering wind, the Five Towns appeared to have escaped flooding and other damage, according to reports.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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12/18/23
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Cedarhurst resident Micah Lader, a member of the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol, was observing the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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12/15/23
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