Democrat Shari James-Pierre is challenging incumbent Republican Bruce Blakeman for the Town of Hempstead’s 3rd Councilmanic District. James-Pierre of Valley Stream is seeking to leverage her …
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By Peter Belfiore
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10/10/19
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The week of Sept. 16 was filled with lots of excitement for students in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District.
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By Rachel Miller
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10/3/19
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Three years ago Tara Nelsen, a physical education teacher at the Lawrence Primary School in Inwood was named the 2016 New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/3/19
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After Hewlett High School sophomore John Sabu was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train at the Hewlett station on Sept. 6, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District rallied to help by providing counseling for its students.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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10/3/19
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On the afternoon of Sept. 16, two weeks after the start of the new school year, Oceanside High School senior Khaseen Morris was brutally murdered in what appears to have been an ambush by a group of a half-dozen other teenagers.
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9/27/19
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Hewlett High School alumnus Ross Cohen will join Hewlett Elementary School as an assistant principal on Oct. 21, as the Hewlett-Woodmere School District Board of Education approved his appointment on Sept. 18.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/26/19
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The Lawrence Teachers Association, now nine school years without a new contract, took a new tact in protesting as LTA members picketed at the homes of three Board of Education trustees last week and two Lawrence School District buildings.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/26/19
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An event that organizers say, “brings the community together” will be held in the Five Towns for the eighth consecutive year.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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9/19/19
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In response to the death of a student five days earlier, a dozen residents addressed topics including vaping, code-of-conduct policies and possible mental health initiatives at the Hewlett-Woodmere School District Board of Education’s work meeting on Sept. 11.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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9/19/19
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Lawrence School District Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen and middle school Principal Willis Perry were outside a side door of the Broadway Campus building to greet bus drivers, parents, security guards, students, teachers and teacher aides on the first day of school on Sept. 5
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/12/19
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