Saturday, October 3, 2026
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Danger Will Robinson: Robots at Hewlett High School
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Hewlett High School hosted the NYC/Long Island FIRST Tech Challenge qualifying tournament last Sunday. Fifteen high schools and organizations and 19 robot teams took part in the day-long event.
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1/21/15
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Flurry of snow falls in the Five Towns
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For more than hour on Friday morning snow fell on the Five Towns, which slowed the commute to work and school, had people out shoveling and municipal crews sanding the roads.
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1/9/15
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Todd Kaminsky sworn in as assemblyman for 20th AD
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Long Beach resident Todd Kaminsky. left, with his wife, Ellen, took the oath of office administered by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) at the Long Beach Martin Luther King. Jr. Center and was officially sworn in as the assemblyman from the 20th AD last Sunday.
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1/7/15
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Five Towns Community Center celebrates the holiday
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The Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center hosted a holiday party at its facility on Lawrence Avenue to benefit is various programs, including Head Start on Dec. 17.
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1/7/15
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Legislator Solages and Santa Claus visited The Crossroads School
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Three days before Christmas, County Legislator Carrie Solagés (D-Elmont) handed out donated toys and other gifts to the children of the Crossroads School for Child Development on Henry Street in Inwood.
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1/7/15
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Santa Claus makes stop in Hewlett
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Four busloads of families with more than 100 children from shelters across Long Island shopped for a few hours at Matty's Toy Store in Hewlett the day before Christmas.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/24/14
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Since Hurricane Sandy struck more than two years ago, 18 streetlights along state Route 878, also known as the Nassau Expressway, have not been working and have not been repaired because of confusion over which level of government is responsible.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/24/14
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Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos said that 6,700 refund checks, 107 of them to homeowners and businesses in Woodmere, will be mailed, beginning on Dec. 23 through early next month to compensate homeowners whose tax assessments were not reduced for the tax years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 to reflect the damage incurred from Hurricane Sandy.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/23/14
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Honoring D’Amato, recognizing history
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As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, Temple Hillel presented its Ronald Reagan Award to former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato during a program last Sunday that also commemorated the 1984 visit by Reagan to the North Woodmere synagogue, only the second to a Jewish temple by a sitting U.S. president who addressed the congregation.
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12/17/14
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Christmas celebrated in Cedarhurst Park
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Caroling, a bonfire, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, hot chocolate and cookies, along with a visit from a jolly man in a red suit, were all part of the Christmas celebration in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park last Sunday.
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12/17/14
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