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Though not as long as or iconic as the Long Beach boardwalk, the half-mile boardwalk in Atlantic Beach built in 1928 is a landmark for residents of the barrier beach community that was established five years earlier.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Moving from house to house has impacted every aspect of Woodmere resident Dror Zar’s life. He has lost his sense of security, he says, and now lives with the uncertainty of not knowing when he will return to his Barnard Street home.
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By Ann Friedman
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1/23/13
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The question on the minds of Lawrence School District residents, teachers and students is, why now?
Why in the middle of the school year did district officials decide to close the high school for up to eight weeks and implement a district-wide relocation of students?
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Concern and confusion were the most common reactions during the first week of a district-wide relocation after Lawrence High School closed on Jan. 16 due to damage to its electrical system caused by Hurricane Sandy. District officials say the repair work may take as long as eight weeks (see “Repairing the high school’s electrical system,” page 3).
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Using art to make a social statement
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The provocative art of Stan Lebovic came to Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst as the artist and author displayed and discussed his work “Black is Color” at the shul on Spruce Street on Jan. 12.
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1/16/13
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LWA students perform at Hessel Hall
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Lawrence Woodmere Academy students performed four plays in Hessel Hall on the Woodmere school’s campus on Jan. 11 and 12.
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1/16/13
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SIBSPlace marks the holidays
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Celebrating the holidays this past season was made a bit more difficult by Hurricane Sandy, but SIBSPlace, a Hewlett-based program of South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, that serves children ages 5-17 living with a sibling or parent who has cancer or another serious or devastating illness, held a Thanksgiving feast a little more than three weeks after the storm and the hospital had its holiday party in December.
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1/9/13
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Remembering foundation founder Selma Seider
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The Five Towns Music and Art Foundation remembered the life of one of its founders, Selma Seider, with a musical performance by pianist Evan Mitchell at 10 Willow Pond Lane in Hewlett Harbor on Jan. 6 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
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1/9/13
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Laughing out loud at the Chabad Café
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Comedian Joel Chasnoff mixed personal anecdotes with his keen observational humor focused on the absurdity of modern American life to entertain the crowd at the Chabad Café of the Chabad of the Greater Five Towns on Jan. 5.
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1/9/13
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Performing to help rebuild the Rockaways
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Retrofest 33, a benefit concert organized by Woodmere resident Allan Spielman and sponsored by Long Island Builders, Inc., raised approximately $1,800 that will be donated to Respond & Rebuild in the Rockaways to aid the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy. The five hour event attracted 250 people to the Backstage Nite Club in Woodmere on Dec. 29.
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1/2/13
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